Ever since the initial release of ChatGPT, millions of users have been using it. A few months back, OpenAI, the company behind it, launched ChatGPT search so that users can get real-time information from the web.
The ChatGPT search can be accessed right from the ChatGPT website or the ChatGPT app for Windows. However, if you find yourself using it often than the traditional search engines such as Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo, you might want to set ChatGPT as the default search engine in your Chrome and Edge browsers.
Although changing the default search engine is easy in Chrome and Edge, setting ChatGPT search as the default search engine is not as easy as these browsers do not offer an option. Luckily, OpenAI has released an extension that, by installing it, allows one to set ChatGPT as the default search engine in Chrome and Edge.
Complete the given directions below to set ChatGPT as the default search engine in Chrome on Windows 11
Make ChatGPT the default search engine in Chrome on a Windows 11 PC
Step 1: In your Chrome web browser, visit this official ChatGPT extension’s page on the Chrome Web Store.
Step 2: Click the Add to Chrome button.
Step 3: When you get the confirmation pop-up, click the Add extension button.
Step 4: The browser should not take more than a few seconds to add it. Once added, you will see the following pop-up. That’s it!
The ChatGPT Chrome extension automatically sets ChatGPT as the default search engine.
You may now type anything in Chrome’s URL or address bar to begin searching the web with ChatGPT.
To set Google or any other search engine as default again, disable or remove the ChatGPT extension by navigating to Chrome menu > Extensions > Manage extensions.
Set ChatGPT as the default search in Microsoft Edge on a Windows 11 PC
Step 1: Launch the Edge browser.
Step 2: Head over to this page of the ChatGPT extension in the Chrome Web Store.
Step 3: Click the Get button.
Step 4: When you see the following pop-up, click the Add extension button to install the ChatGPT extension and set ChatGPT as the default search engine in Edge.
Step 5: If the ChatGPT search is still not set as the default, go to the Edge menu, click Extensions, click Manage, and then ensure that the ChatGPT extension is enabled.
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