Perplexity is one of the most widely used AI chatbots. Mozilla has now integrated this AI into its Firefox browser. To use it, click the downward-pointing arrow next to the search icon in the browser’s address bar, and then select “Perplexity.”
Then enter your prompt in the address bar — in other words, what you want the AI to do. If you use Perplexity regularly, you’ll be pleased with its integration into Firefox.
Perplexity is now a default search engine in Firefox. If you don’t use this AI, you can simply remove it from the list via the browser settings.
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However, if you are one of those users who view such add-ons as annoying bloatware, you can also disable the AI in Firefox or delete the entry. To do this, click on the three horizontal lines in the top right-hand corner of Firefox to open the browser menu.
Click on “Settings,” then on “Search” on the left-hand side of the following window, and scroll down to the “Search engine keywords” table. Here, uncheck the box next to “Perplexity.” This will remove the chatbot from the list of search engines; incidentally, it can be reactivated at any time in the same way.
To delete Perplexity completely, select the entry in the table and click the “Remove” button below it. To add the chatbot back to the list later, click the “Restore default search engines” button.
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This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
Author: Roland Freist, Contributor, PCWorld
Roland Freist is a freelance IT journalist covering topics related to Windows, applications, networks, security and the Internet.