[android-components](../../index.md) / [mozilla.components.browser.search](../index.md) / [SearchEngineManager](index.md) / [defaultSearchEngine](./default-search-engine.md)

# defaultSearchEngine

`var defaultSearchEngine: `[`SearchEngine`](../-search-engine/index.md)`?` [(source)](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/browser/search/src/main/java/mozilla/components/browser/search/SearchEngineManager.kt#L40)

This is set by browsers to indicate the users preference of which search engine to use.
This overrides the default which may be set by the [SearchEngineProvider](../../mozilla.components.browser.search.provider/-search-engine-provider/index.md) (e.g. via `list.json`)

