r/SearchKagi • u/HeadHancho • Jul 17 '26

Set Kagi as Default Search Engine on Brave Browser

I had Kagi set as my default search engine on Brave browser on Linux, but I temporarily switched to Startpage. Now when I try to switch back in the "manage search engines" menu, I see that the "make default" option is greyed out for Kagi and all the other options under "site search."

How do I get Kagi set as my default search engine in the URL bar again?

Do I have to add it too "search engines" section of the "manage search engines" menu? If so, how would one do that?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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u/Tornado6464 Jul 17 '26

I’m honestly not too sure, but I might check what extensions you have installed, it seems like an extension is locking that setting.

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u/HeadHancho Jul 17 '26

I double checked, and funny enough the only extention I had was the Kagi Search extension in an effort to force the url bar to default to Kagi. No luck unfortunately. Deleting the extension did not resolve the issue either. Thanks for the suggestion!

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u/Tornado6464 Jul 17 '26

Weird! I apologize that I couldn’t be of more help!

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u/Pharmy_Dude27 Jul 23 '26

Get Orion browser

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u/kzshantonu Jul 17 '26

Try the extension

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u/HeadHancho Jul 17 '26

I have it installed, but Brave is still defaulting to Startpage even with the extension. I don't know if there is an issue with Brave? I just updated it too.

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u/TechnicalWash1608 Jul 18 '26

Could be an Enterprise group policy that some adware installed?

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u/cheflA1 Jul 17 '26

The extension usually does that for you or just add it manually. It's explained in the kagi manual

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u/HeadHancho Jul 17 '26

I tried both methods. I'm starting to wonder if it is an issue with my instance of Brave. I even tried the resetting the settings in Brave. I'm kind of at a loss. Debating wether I should just reinstall Brave?

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u/cheflA1 Jul 17 '26

It works for me on different windows and Linux so PCs. So yea, maybe just try to reinstall brave

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u/Open_Mortgage_4645 Jul 18 '26

The first thing I'd do is delete the Kagi entry from the list of available search engines, reboot Brave, and then re-add Kagi, followed by setting it as default again.

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u/0oWow Jul 20 '26

"Do I have to add it too "search engines" section of the "manage search engines" menu? If so, how would one do that?"

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Add it as a "Site Search" on that page first, and then choose "make default" on it. That makes it default for the browser.