# How do I get rid of the AIM search bar in Firefox?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 21, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-aim-search-bar-in-firefox/557923 "2010-10-21T20:05:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-aim-search-bar-in-firefox/557923/1 "2010-10-21T20:05:41Z")

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Somehow I’ve managed to get rid of Yahoo search bar, but I can’t figure out how to eliminate AIM.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-aim-search-bar-in-firefox/557923/2 "2010-10-21T20:32:24Z")

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It should be in Tools \> Addons, either under extensions or plugins.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-aim-search-bar-in-firefox/557923/3 "2010-10-21T20:35:42Z")

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Hm. Don’t see it in either place.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-aim-search-bar-in-firefox/557923/4 "2010-10-21T20:45:24Z")

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Go to Start - Settings - Control Panel - Add or Remove Programs and see if you can remove it from there. That will uninstall it completely from your computer.