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Waterfox - Add Brave Search

This tutorial will show you how to set the Brave browser as your default search engine in Waterfox, which is only slightly difficult as it is now one of the default options. This tutorial will likely be exactly the same for Firefox and other forks, but I only tested on Waterfox.

Steps

Open up the settings by going to about:preferences in your URL bar, and then click on Search (1), before scrolling down to the bottom, and clicking Add (2)



In the dialogue box, give the search a name, such as "Brave", and enter the following text for the Engine URL:

https://search.brave.com/search?q=%s&source=web



Then scroll up and make sure to set Brave as the search engine as your default.

Last updated: 3rd March 2025
First published: 3rd March 2025

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