In incognito mode, I would like Chrome to use DuckDuckGo as the search engine (searches from the address bar / omnibox).
In normal mode, I would like to keep Google as the default search engine.
How can I do this?
Chrome – How to set different search engine in incognito mode
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You need to edit the file
Local State.txt
in your chrome directory.
Chrome's default directory can be found out here : chrome://version/ [Copy and paste this in the URL bar] (The profile path)
Edit the local state file there and replace google.xxx (Your country's extension) with google.com in the browser field "last_known_google_url" and "last_prompted_google_url"
Replace google.co.in with google.com
Search Engine settings are per user in Chrome and shared with the incognito session.
A workaround is to add a different user profile and simply set the default search engine for that profile.
There is no way to change session from an incognito window, so, you first have to click on the top left hand icon and change users, then launch incognito:
I know this isn't ideal, but it does appear to work.
Best Answer
I have solved this problem by writing a small tampermonkey script, which will redirect your search request from google to duckduckgo, if it detects that you are using incognito mode. (I tested it with Chrome 75.0.3770.142 on Linux)
Script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/388055-redirect-google-search-requests-to-duckduckgo-incognito-only
However, it is more of a workaround than a solution.