All search engines are suddenly gone, except the default one

[Mattches]

@blind-confused, can you please confirm whether or not you can re-add your search engines using OpenSearch indexing as I explained in my previous reply?

All search engines are suddenly gone, except the default one

I guess now I’m confused. Yes, you can use the Add button but I think the most reliable way to add a search engine to the browser is via OpenSearch – then you don’t have to worry about any weirdness with the search string. So @epicgamer45 @blind-confused lets use startpage as an example, but this can be done with any search engeine: First, go to brave://settings/search and make sure you have the Index other search engines option toggled “on” Now go to brave://settings/searchEngines and you ha…

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@blind-confused

in the URL input itself, or in the search widget at the bottom of the screen. I just remember I was doing it and I was relying on it a lot. I think the URL input had this too (just like the search widget), but I’m not sure. I’m sorry.
but what I know for sure is, now this functionality just isn’t there. Clicking on the icon in the URL input does nothing, clicking on the icon in the search widget works, but my new search engines don’t get added to it’s list, even after making any of them the default, or checking the widget’s settings - the newly added search engines just aren’t there, and I couldn’t find any way of adding them there.

This functionality has never been available in the address bar unless you’re using search shortcuts, which can be edited on the brave://settings/searchEngines page. What you seem to be referring to is the search widget on the New Tab Page, which allows you to click the icon and select what engine you’d like to use from the list of default search engines:

The reason you are likely only seeing Startpage is because you have not added any of the search engines to the default list yet. Please see the reply I left above with video instructions on how you can add more engines to the default list.