Nothing I do gets rid of Bing - even when I open firefox directly it's Bing

I've tried following the suggestions on this site,but I cannot find anywhere in "general" whic correponds to the suggested command. For that matter, I cannot seem to get Firefox to open without the ultimate address being "BING." I'd be happy to delete BING, but I'm not sure how. I'm 61 years old and I've learned computers on a "learn as you need" basis. On the other hand, ask me how impressive the PDP was and I can tell you!
Thanks,
Julee Blake

Hi,
You have to look for the option '''Home Page''' or '''Start Page''' in '''General''' and then delete bing.com or similar on the right side or beneath the option. I'm using another version of Firefox and so the wordings may be slightly different but it would have a similar meaning to Home Page or Start Page. Hope this helps.

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