
If needed, refer back to step 2 above to set Brave Search as default. Brave Search will appear in the list of default options.
Press the Return or Enter key on your keyboard. In the popup that appears, enter the following:
If you don’t see Brave Search as a default option, you’ll first need to click the Add button next to Other search engines. If you don't see Brave Search in your list:
You should now be able to search directly from the address bar of your browser. Right-click in the address bar, and select Manage search enginesįind Brave Search under Other search engines, and click the ⋮ (vertical ellipsis) beside it.īrave will appear in the list of default search engines, with (Default) beside it. According to Brave, a paid version of the search engine is also conceivable later.To set Brave as your default search engine on Desktop devices: Now the Brave Search Beta is also available to the general public for testing. This is the team that was previously responsible for Cliqz’s offers, which belonged to Hubert Burda Media.Īccording to the company, around 100,000 users have applied for the closed test phase since then. Openness: Brave Search will soon be available to power other search engines.īrave took over the technology for the search engine in March of this year with Tailcat.
Seamlessness: best-in-class integration between the browser and search without compromising privacy, from personalization to instant results as the user types.
Transparency: no secret methods or algorithms to bias results, and soon, community-curated open ranking models to ensure diversity and prevent algorithmic biases and outright censorship. Choice: soon, options for ad-free paid search and ad-supported search. Independence: Brave has its own search index for answering common queries privately without reliance on other providers. User-first: the user comes first, not the advertising and data industries. Privacy: no tracking or profiling of users. The developers name the following seven principles for Brave Search: