Vivaldi’s free-to-use web-browser has 2.4 million active users with the most recent update. Vivaldi released the V5.2 Update. After the update, many users have reported unexpected crashes.
On the other hand, Vivaldi v5.2 users also encounter problems with switching the search engine from Bing to any other search engine.
Some users also try reinstalling Vivaldi Browser, but it doesn’t help with fixing the issue. Today in this article, we will be sharing a workaround to re-enable functionality without any issues.
How to Fix Vivaldi Browser’s unexpected crash and being unable to change search engine
Follow the following instructions to fix Vivaldi Desktop Browser 5.3 to fix the search engine issue and crash.
Update your Vivaldi browser.
After recognizing the bug, Vivaldi released the V5.3 minor update, which fixes it. the crash of startup search engine migration and deletion. To update, here is the quick guide.
- Open the Vivali Menu, and head over to Help.
- Next, click on “Check for updates.“
- Once the update is available, you can click on Update and you will need to relaunch your browser. That’s it!
If you are using any search related extension that can be configured or setup, which may include DuckDuckGo Privacy Essential, Status Private Search Engine, kagi Search or else.
- Open the extension Vivaldi Settings.
- From the extension, head over to the extension that you want to disable.
- Use the toggle button placed on the lower-right corner of the extension card.
- First disable it, and then re-enable it to reconfigure.
- That’s it!
After disabling or re-enabling the extension, restart your browser.
Hopefully, this guide helps you with fixing it and if there is anything you would like to share, let us know in the comments.
