# How to remove toolbar from firefox?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-toolbar-from-firefox/474626>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-toolbar-from-firefox/474626 "2008-11-27T00:01:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-toolbar-from-firefox/474626/1 "2008-11-27T00:01:11Z")

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I installed divx earlier today. It added a Divx and Yahoo toolbar to my firefox browser. Does anyone know how to remove this? I really would prefer not to have this. (Divx didn’t ask me whether I wanted it. I uninstalled Divx).

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**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-toolbar-from-firefox/474626/2 "2008-11-27T00:10:17Z")

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Go to “Tools” menu then select “Add-ons” then choose the “Extensions” tab in the Add-ons dialog. Then select the extension you want to delete and there should be an uninstall option.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-toolbar-from-firefox/474626/3 "2008-11-27T00:12:23Z")

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You should be able to find the programs under the control panel add/remove programs setting, no?

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**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-toolbar-from-firefox/474626/4 "2008-11-27T14:36:09Z")

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Thanks ya’ll. I’d already tried the “add/remove” programs selection in the control panel. I used it to remove Divx. The “tools/addons” menu allowed me to get rid of the toolbar (and reclaim some screen real-estate).

Thanks,  
pullin

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-toolbar-from-firefox/474626/5 "2008-11-27T15:05:03Z")

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Yahoo has agreements with several companies to include the toolbar as an option in the install. The problem is that the option is set by default, you have to untick the box to install the program without the toolbar and I’m sure many people just install quickly without reading the fine print, which is exactly how Yahoo wants it of course.

You can install DivX again and this time watch out for the Yahoo Toolbar blurb in the install and be sure to untick the box. DivX will then install without Yahoo.