Can't change the country setting in Edge/Bing

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Can't change the country setting in Edge/Bing

Tony Cotto 31

When I open Edge and go to the homepage, it automatically defaults to cn.bing (the Chinese version). This means the homepage is entirely in Chinese, and the search results are set up for China, as well. The settings for the app are English. I downloaded it from the Microsoft US website and re-installed it multiple times after clearing my browser data and cookies. Even so, it opens up to the Chinese homepage every time. This makes it completely useless as a search engine. I would like to have an alternative to Google Chrome, but thanks to this issue, Edge is not it.

John Fearon 1 Reputation point

2022-02-09T09:49:50.24+00:00

it is impossible to set Edge in English if you are in China on a windows PC , all the work arounds suggested never work , MSN UK/USA will not display at all in Edge on Windows or Mac if use Edge . Works fine on Safari on Mac with VPN , never on Edge.
this has been happening for over 2 years . Microsoft cannot say they dont know about it. It is not a glitch it is a deliberate policy setting to comply with Chinese rules.
Microsoft just dont have the balls to say so .
John Fearon 1 Reputation point

2022-02-09T09:52:47.147+00:00

I Switched to Firefox i am tired of trying to fix Edge
Clive LY 0 Reputation points

2023-05-29T04:08:59.14+00:00

I dont have a solution for this problem, it does seem to be possible to use the .com in China...somehow. I have 2 Windows systems, a laptop and a desktop and the laptop goes to the .com and can use AI search etc, whereas my main desktop cannot, regardless of what I do it goes to the .cn

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John Fearon 1 Reputation point

2022-02-09T09:49:50.24+00:00

it is impossible to set Edge in English if you are in China on a windows PC , all the work arounds suggested never work , MSN UK/USA will not display at all in Edge on Windows or Mac if use Edge . Works fine on Safari on Mac with VPN , never on Edge.
this has been happening for over 2 years . Microsoft cannot say they dont know about it. It is not a glitch it is a deliberate policy setting to comply with Chinese rules.
Microsoft just dont have the balls to say so .
John Fearon 1 Reputation point

2022-02-09T09:52:47.147+00:00

I Switched to Firefox i am tired of trying to fix Edge
Clive LY 0 Reputation points

2023-05-29T04:08:59.14+00:00

I dont have a solution for this problem, it does seem to be possible to use the .com in China...somehow. I have 2 Windows systems, a laptop and a desktop and the laptop goes to the .com and can use AI search etc, whereas my main desktop cannot, regardless of what I do it goes to the .cn

Answer 1

ke z 10

Agree with @John Fearon Even I live in France now, I downloaded the edge from microsoft.fr , microsoft.com. the homepage , the ad , still stay in China. even I give all the permission to edge it shows the local weather , but still shows the Chinese ad, NEWS.... @Anonymous that doesn't help maybe once you downloaded and installed the Chinese version, whatever you tried（uninstalled, clear the cache), still keeps in the Chinese version. the Microsoft edge more like a malware...

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Castorix31 90,686

If I follow this : How to Change Your Home Page in Microsoft Edge
And I set www.google.com as Homepage, it works for me (french OS)

Answer 3

Hi @Tony Cotto

You can try the following two steps to change your homepage and search engine if you're using Edge Chromium:

You can navigate to edge://settings/search and set Search engine used in the address bar to Google as you wish.
You can navigate to edge://settings/appearance and set http://www.google.com/ in the textbox under Customize toolbar if you want to use google as your homepage. Click Save to save the change.

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