Editing Search String

Hi,

WordPress is currently having issues with some other functionality in some different software, which i am trying to merge together.

Is there any possible way to alter the wordpress system to not recognise “.com/?s=” as a search term for the site?

I still ideally want the search functionality, but simply with a different string so that it doesnt clash with another url with the same “?s=” beginning.

Ive seen ways you can make the search more “pretty” so it displays as “.com/search/term” but this doesnt stop the “?s=” from working does it…?

I hope that makes sense. and any help is appreciated.

Thanks,