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This feature is discouraged. For the rationale, see:

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/obsolete.html#external

The window.external.AddSearchProvider() and window.external.IsSearchProviderInstalled() do nothing. Historically, they added external search providers to the browser.

Status

Discouraged

MDN documentation

No MDN documentation found.

Specifications

HTML (#external), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).

Browser support

Chrome 9 Released on 2011-02-03
Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
Firefox 2 Released on 2006-10-24
Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
Safari ❌
Safari on iOS ❌

Baseline availability blocked since July 2015 by Safari (120 months)

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