How to Set Perplexity as Default Search Engine on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge

Supreeth July 29, 2024

Quick Tips

Using Perplexity as the default engine lets you access it directly from the address bar.
On Chrome and Edge, add a new search engine, and use https://www.perplexity.ai/?q=%s in the URL with %s in place of the query field.
On Firefox, install the Search Engines Helper extension to add a custom search engine.

How to Add and Make Perplexity the Default Search Engine on Any Web Browser

On Chrome

Step 1: Click on the three-dots menu icon at the top right corner and select Settings.

Step 2: Click on Search engine in the left pane and select Manage search engines and site search.

Step 3: Click on Add in the Site search menu.

Step 3: Enter the link https://www.perplexity.ai/?q=%s under the URL field. Provide any name and a shortcut for Perplexity. Click on Add.

Step 4: Now, click on the three-dots icon next to Perplexity and select Make default.

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On Edge

Step 1: Click on the three-dots menu icon at the top right and select Settings.

Step 2: Click on Privacy, search, and services and select Address bar and search.

Step 3: Select Manage search engines.

Step 4: Click on Add.

Step 5: Enter the link https://www.perplexity.ai/?q=%s under the URL field. Provide any name and a shortcut for Perplexity. Click on Add.

Step 6: Now, click on the three-dots icon next to Perplexity and select Make default.

On Firefox

On Mozilla Firefox, install the Search Engines Helper extension.

Step 1: Once you install the extension, click on the Extensions icon > select Search Engines Helper.

Step 2: Click on Add a new search engine.

Step 3: Enter https://www.perplexity.ai/?q=%s under Search URL and select Add search engine.

Step 4: On the same page, right-click on the Address Bar and select Add “perplexity.ai”.

Step 5: Now, open Firefox Settings > go to Search > click on the dropdown menu under Default Search Engine > select perplexity.ai.