Google is set as my search engine but whenever I search something in the address bar it searches with Yahoo! How do I get rid of Yahoo! as my search engine when it is not even set to be my search engine in the first place?

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2. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
     Turn those off and relaunch Safari to test .
     Turn those on one by one and test.
3. Safari > Preferences > Search > Search Engine :
    Select your preferred   search engine.
4. Safari > Preferences > General > Homepage:
     Set your Homepage.

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Got this fixed.
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