# HOw do I get rid of some of these IE tool bars?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-some-of-these-ie-tool-bars/204657 "2003-09-30T07:45:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-some-of-these-ie-tool-bars/204657/1 "2003-09-30T07:45:56Z")

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I have a few unwanted IE toolbars, how do I get rid of them?

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**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-some-of-these-ie-tool-bars/204657/2 "2003-09-30T10:00:28Z")

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I’m not sure how to get rid of them permanently, but if you want to get rid of them for a session, right click on one and it will give you a list of all available toolbars and which ones are active. Click on any of the active ones you want to get rid of and it will disappear.

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**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-some-of-these-ie-tool-bars/204657/3 "2003-09-30T10:09:23Z")

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Right click on one of them, it should give you a checklist; uncheck the ones you no longer want.

If some of them were installed as the result of some agressive adware, you may have to do a little more research, since they may come back when you restart IE. In that case, let us know which ones are giving you trouble.

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**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-some-of-these-ie-tool-bars/204657/4 "2003-09-30T10:19:10Z")

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I second that the unwanted toolbars are a result of adware. I’ll be the first in a long line of dopers suggesting that you immediately download adaware, from [http://www.lavasoftusa.com](http://www.lavasoftusa.com) and run it. It will most likely get rid of these toolbars and lots of other unwanted crap.

This program is an utter necessity these days.