Google search redirected to yahoo

Om_Peace20:

Google search redirected to yahoo: why is my google search being redirected to yahoo search on my MacBook? How do I get rid of it?

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Fix your Home Page in Safari Preferences.

Four Thoughts:

Manage The Home Page:

Make sure your home page is set to what it should be (Google?). Or, have your home page open to an empty page.

Use MalwareBytes for Mac: This is software that searches for malware/adware. So, scan with it and then remove what is found. Once removed, uninstallMalwareBytes for Mac. Then restart the Mac.

Downloads:

1. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac
2. Malwarebytes uninstaller

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Does this still occur?

If so, Boot into Safe Mode and then Clear your Temporary Internet Files of Safari:

1. Booting into Safe Mode: [hold down shift upon boot until the login screen appears]. See if this is still an issue. Safe Mode lets items run as default, without changes whatsoever. That is possible because caches of your macOS are temporarily disabled while in Safe Mode
2. Clearing your Temporary Internet Files (Cookies & Cache) of Safari: Cookies perform remembrance of certain site-entered data. Whereas Cache keeps a snapshot of the last time you visited a site.  Use this Link: Clearing History and Cache - Apple Communities