Setting ecosia as default search engine: How it works

Ecosia is becoming more and more popular in Germany, as the basic idea fits well with the current zeitgeist. If you want to support the eco-trend in surfing, you should set Ecosia as your default search engine.

Setting Ecosia as a standard search engine works in the usual way.

Thanks to Ecosia, forests are supposed to grow again, made possible by active Internet users. Setting it as the default search engine will noticeably increase the usage rate.

How to set Ecosia as the default search engine

How to set Ecosia as the default search engine depends on the browser. The way is always the same, there are no specifics that are unique to Ecosia. The following instructions for default search engines are thus valid:

• In this guide you will find the steps for Firefox.
• Use this guide for Microsoft Edge and simply replace Google with Ecosia.
• A guide for Chrome is available here.
• Opera users will find what they are looking for in this guide.

In all cases, only a few steps are required and the setup takes a minute at most.