Google's domain is acting crazy

It’s showing Google.de instead of google.com.

Sure, I can set my search language to English,
but why did this change on its own?
And how do I get back to the .com version? Every time I use the address bar, I just get German results.

I tried changing my location through my Google account, but it won't let me because it says the city isn't in Germany.

Maybe give google.com/ncr a shot.

It all depends on which browser you're running. You'll need to jump into the settings and manually switch your default search engine back. Some software you installed recently probably hijacked your settings and swapped Google out for something else like Google.de.

darkowl72 said:It all depends on which browser you're running. You'll need to jump into the settings and manually switch your default search engine back. Some software you installed recently probably hijacked your settings and swapped Google out for something else like Google.de.

I tried that.
It works fine on Mozilla,
but on Internet Explorer, absolutely nothing. I have Google.com set as my default, yet it keeps insisting on using the .de domain.
🤷

Edit: As soon as I restarted Mozilla—it switched right back to the .de domain there too.

And it looks like Facebook has decided to pin my location to Germany too. 😁

Just grab AdwCleaner and run a scan on your PC. That should clear things up enough to get .com installed properly

steelstag13 said:I tried that.
It works fine on Mozilla,
but on Internet Explorer, absolutely nothing. I have Google.com set as my default, yet it keeps insisting on using the .de domain.
🤷

Edit: As soon as I restarted Mozilla—it switched right back to the .de domain there too.

Best,

You could try resetting your browser via https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/3296214?hl=en and then just manually set up your own homepage 🙂