# Removing search toolbars in Firefox?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-search-toolbars-in-firefox/322153>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-search-toolbars-in-firefox/322153 "2005-09-17T22:28:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-search-toolbars-in-firefox/322153/1 "2005-09-17T22:28:00Z")

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In the last few days, a few search toolbars have added themselves to my drop-down thingy in Firefox. I usually have just Google, [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com), Wikipedia, and Amazon, but now I’ve got things like “[Answers.com](http://Answers.com)”, “Creative Commons,” Yahoo, and my old nemesis eBay.

How do I remove them?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-search-toolbars-in-firefox/322153/2 "2005-09-17T22:47:20Z")

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I found this:

> [@CodeBetter.com](#):
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> On Windows:
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> ```
> * Go to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins
> * Each search engine has two files; a .src and either a .png or a .gif file. All you have to do is delete the two files for the search engine you wish to remove (for example google.src and google.gif) and restart Firefox.
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-search-toolbars-in-firefox/322153/3 "2005-09-17T22:48:25Z")

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I just tried it and it works like a charm!

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**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-search-toolbars-in-firefox/322153/4 "2005-09-17T23:13:29Z")

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He-ey, look at that! I’d been Googling “remove search toolbars” and the like all over the place, and my frustration was starting to reach critical levels. I should have known just to post here first and get an answer in fifteen minutes. 🙂 Thank you!

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**Author:** ![rorty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@rorty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rorty)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-search-toolbars-in-firefox/322153/5 "2005-09-17T23:30:27Z")

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Thank you, **Mr. Blue Sky**. I have been trying to figure out how to do this for a while now. It’s odd that Firefox does not include a more obvious way to do this.