I prefer not to use Google as the default search engine; how can I change it to my preference?

I'd like to change the main search engine to something else, like DuckDuckGo. thank you

Current Firefox versions use the default search engine (pref: browser.search.defaultenginename) to set the search engine that is used on the about:home page.
You can modify the <b>browser.search.defaultenginename</b> pref on the <b>about:config</b> page and set it to one of the other installed search engines.
Select this search engine in Manage Search Engines and copy the value of the browser.search.selectedEngine pref to browser.search.defaultenginename.
*browser.search.defaultenginename
*browser.search.selectedEngine

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