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Set Andi as Homepage and Search 🔍

You can set Andi as your default search engine and your home page for quick access to clean safe search results.

🚀 Quick Setup Options

📱 Add to Home Screen (iOS and Android)

On your mobile device, you can add Andi to your home screen for quick access:

  1. Open Andi in your mobile browser
  2. Tap the share icon (usually at the bottom of the screen)
  3. Select "Add to Home Screen" or "Add to Screen Home"
  4. Follow the prompts to add Andi to your home screen

🧩 Install Chrome Extension

Install our Chrome Extension to set Andi as your default search engine and add a search icon:

💻 Download and Install App (PWA)

Install Andi as a Progressive Web App for a native app-like experience:

Browser-specific Instructions

🦊 Firefox

Set Search Engine for Firefox

  1. Open Andi
  2. Click the Page actions (3-dot) button on the address bar
  3. Click Add Search Engine on the Andi icon that appears.
  4. Go to Menu in top right (3-bars) and choose Preferences > Search > Default Search Engine and choose Andi from the lists.

Set Homepage for Firefox

  1. Open Andi
  2. Go to Menu in top right (3-bars) and choose Preferences > Home > Homepage and New Windows
  3. Click on the dropdown and choose Custom URLs then click Use Current Page
  4. You may also want to change New tabs to Blank Page in the dropdown.

🌐 Google Chrome or Chromium

Set Search Engine for Chrome

  1. Open Menu icon at the top-right with three dots or lines.
  2. Go to Settings then Search engine and click Manage search engines
  3. Under Other search engines click Add
  4. In the Add search engine box:
    • For Search engine enter Andi
    • For Keyword enter andi
    • Under URL with %s in place of query paste in https://andisearch.com/?query=%s
    • Click Add
    • Go to the new Andi entry in your list, and click the menu (3-dots) and choose Make default
    • Andi will now show under your Default search engines
    • When you go back, it will also appear as Search engine used in the address bar

Alternatively, you can install our Chrome Extension for an easier setup.

Set Homepage for Chrome

  1. Make sure you have Andi open
  2. Open Menu icon at the top-right with three lines.
  3. Go to Settings > On Startup > Open a specific page > Set pages
  4. Click Use current pages and OK

🧭 Safari

Set Homepage for Safari

  1. Make sure you are on Andi
  2. Go to the Safari top menu (MacOS) or click the gears icon in top right (Windows).
  3. Select Preferences > General
  4. Click "Set to Current Page" under Homepage
  • Optionally: select Home Page next to New windows and New tabs (open with).

Unfortunately, Apple doesn't let you set a default search engine outside the existing monopolies. Why not let Apple know you'd love to see support for better options!