Option 1: Computer
Sometimes when using different browsers on a computer, a problem with permanent redirection to the site cse.google.com, which is often used by intruders to achieve certain purposes. If this page began to display spontaneously without your consent, you can resort to one of the following methods as a solution.Method 1: Removing Programs
Due to the fact that Google's Google is one of the proven Google funds for owners of own sites, the cause of the annoying appearance of cse.google.com can be infected with viruses. Most often, harm is applied immediately after installing programs from not trusted sources, which are subsequently integrated into all installed browsers.
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To get rid of the problem, open the "Programs and Components" section, complete the installation date and check the latest added programs. In case of detection of unwanted software, delete the instructions below. Unfortunately, we can not confidently name specific programs even as an example.
Method 2: PC Check for Viruses
In the absence of positive results, after removing potentially unsafe software, you can also use antivirus programs to search and automatically turn off Google Custom Search. It is best for these purposes to use special utilities that do not require the installation described by us in a separate instruction.
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Removing viruses from a computer
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If errors occur during the removal process, you can first perform a secure Windows load, and only after that repeat the steps described. In more detail about the transition to secure mode, we are told in another article on the site.
Read more: Secure Windows Loading
To prevent the appearance of a problem with Google Custom Search in the future, we recommend using reliable antivirus programs blocking, including advertising viruses.
Method 3: Changing Label Settings
If the CSE.Google.com page appears when you start the browser, regardless of the program, the problem may be in the label settings on the desktop and any other places except the working folder. As a solution, you need or re-create a shortcut, or edit an existing one.
- We will adhere to the second option, and therefore for the start right-click on the browser icon and select "Properties" through the context menu.
- Click on the "Object" line and remove any content located after double quotes, as shown in the screenshot. To save new parameters, use the "OK" button on the bottom panel.
Please note the specified URL will certainly differ from the submitted us, but this does not change anything. For the proper operation of the browser in the "Object" row, it should be exclusively the path to the program in quotes.
Method 4: Disable extensions
Often the reason for the wrong work of the browser, including the emergence of the problem with Google Custom Search, are established expansion. In this regard, as another solution, you can open the "Extensions" section, the location of which is different in different browsers, and disabling the last added software or appeared without your consent.
Read more: Deleting extensions in Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Yandex.Browser
It is best to perform precisely removal, since malicious extensions may well work in a disconnected state.
Method 5: Changing the search engine
It also happens that cse.google.com affects the default search system, thereby freeing out attending a certain search page, often containing a huge amount of advertising. From this you can get rid of changing certain parameters of the browser, but only after the previously described actions were performed.
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Change search engine in Chrome, Opera, Edge and Yandex.Browser
If advertising viruses have previously been removed from the computer, the described actions to change the search engine should not cause issues. Otherwise, this action is likely to be completely inaccessible or the parameters will lose themselves after restarting the program.
Method 6: Clearing browser data
The latest solution to the Google Custom Search problem is to clear the data on the work of the browser, such as history, cache, etc. This will help if there are no viruses on the computer, but the search engine change is not available or the settings are constantly reset.
Read more: Deleting history and cache in browser on PC
As an additional measure, you can reset the program settings to the original state or simply to reinstall. However, consider that in the absence of synchronization, you can lose important data.
Read more: Resetting parameters in Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Yandex.Browser
Option 2: Phone
On mobile devices there may also be a problem with Google Custom Search, propagating different browsers and other installed software. Solutions in this case practically as much as on the computer.Method 1: Virus Search
First of all, as soon as you have found the appearance of cse.google.com, it is necessary to check the device for infection with viruses. This is especially true if you use an Android device without Google services and applications are actively installed from third-party sources.
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Method 2: Deleting applications
If the previously represented antiviruses did not help to identify the problem, you can independently open a complete list of installed applications and check for unwanted software. Such applications are most often found on Android, as in addition to the official store, they can be installed from APK files.
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How to remove the application from the phone
Delete not deleted applications
We recommend paying more attention to paying exactly the last installed software, if necessary, by having deleted according to the above instruction.
Method 3: Changing the search engine
When changing the search engine in a mobile browser to search with a large number of advertising, you can use internal parameters. Since the most popular browsers for the phone are very similar to each other in terms of settings, the process of change will be shown only by the example of one option.
- Touch the three-point icon in the upper right corner to open the main menu, and select the "Settings" section.
- Here it is necessary to find the "Search Engine" subsection, usually located in the "Basic" block.
Using the list represented, select the best search engine for you. Please note that the search for "Google" and Google Custom Search is not directly related to each other and in any case will be presented in two different options.
Method 4: Cleaning data on work
After performing the previously specified actions, it will not be superfluous to delete data on the work of the browser, starting with history and cache. To clean it is enough to use standard tools in any popular program.
Read more: Cleaning history in the browser on the phone
On the smartphone you can perform a complete browser reset, but for this you need to use system "settings" regardless of the operating system. Simply, open the full list of installed software, select the browser you need and use the Clear Cache option.
Read more: Cleaning cache on a smartphone
In addition, almost every phone provides the possibility of global cache cleaning for all installed applications, which can be quite useful in the case of the problem under consideration, since the effect of the virus is probably not limited to browsers alone.