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Right-click in the address bar, and select Manage search engines and Site Search

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Scroll down to the section Inactive Shortcuts and click on activate. For Brave to appear in this list, a query needs to be made. If that's not the case, you have to add it manually - jump to the end and click on Don't see Brave Search in the list.

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Find Brave in the list of Site Search. Click on the ⋮ (vertical ellipsis) beside it and select Make default

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Brave will appear in the list of default search engines, with (Default) beside it. You should now be able to search directly from the address bar of your browser.

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