Search settings
To find the necessary information, simply enter your query in the search bar. If you want to narrow down the results, use advanced search filters (the 
icon to the right of the search bar) or the query language when entering your query.
- The settings are also linked to a specific browser: if you change the browser, you'll have to set up Yandex Search again. You will also need to update your settings if you delete all cookies (for example, when reinstalling your browser or operating system).
- If your computer is used by multiple people or has several browsers installed, you can configure settings for each user and browser separately.
To go to settings, scroll down the search results page and click Settings.
Customize search suggestions
To suggest your favorite websites and show personalized search results, Yandex uses the history of your searches and website clicks from search results. Customize the options:
- Show search history: as soon as you start typing, Yandex offers suggestions, and search results contain personalized answers based on the history of previous searches. To disable this option, log in to Yandex.
- Show sites that you frequently visit: as soon as you click an empty search bar, your favorite sites appear in suggestions.
- Show the time of site visits: search results display the time you visited the sites where you previously found answers to your queries.
- Show search result personalization tags: personalized answers in search results are marked with a special tag.
Exclude sexual content from search results
You can exclude documents that contain obscene language or sexual content from search results. To do this, select the appropriate mode under Filter search results at the bottom of the settings page:
- Family mode: sexual content is completely excluded from search results (even if the query is explicitly aimed at finding such resources).
- Moderate filter: sites with sexual content are excluded from search results unless the query is explicitly aimed at finding such resources (default search mode).
- No filter: search results include all the documents found by the query, including web resources with sexual content.
You can also set up safe search using these resources:
- Hosts file. In the file, you need to enter the Yandex IP address for family search mode.
See Filter adult content and Family search mode for organizations to learn more.
How Yandex arranges search results
Yandex analyzes how well the found document corresponds to the user's query. The more useful the answer, the higher it is on the search results page.
Results are ranked automatically. Yandex takes into account the ease of site navigation, its structure, the quality of texts, advertising clutter, and other site properties.
