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yahoo comes up when I search on firefox, how do i delete yahoo ?

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when i ask a question in firefox and click enter. yahoo comes up as my browser, how do i delete or disable yahoo, I want firefox as my browser, i have it as my default browser. I can not find yahoo in my programs, where is it hiding ? Thanks for your help John

when i ask a question in firefox and click enter. yahoo comes up as my browser, how do i delete or disable yahoo, I want firefox as my browser, i have it as my default browser. I can not find yahoo in my programs, where is it hiding ? Thanks for your help John

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Click the Firefox button, go to Add-ons, then Extensions and remove Yahoo Toolbar. Close Firefox and restart it again.


If the problem persists, please do the following:

To revert to Google as your preferred search engine.

  • In the location bar, type about:config and hit Enter.

  • In the filter at the top, type: keyword.URL

  • Double click it and remove whatever's in there and replace it with http://www.google.com/search?q=

The URL to add in "keyword.URL" becomes a link in this post, so right click it and choose "Copy Link Location" to copy it to the Windows clipboard. Then hit CTRL+V to paste it. Saves you having to type the whole thing.


To reset your home page, do the following.

  • Go to the site you want to set as your homepage.

  • Click the orange Firefox button and go to Options | Options | General.

  • Make sure it says "Show My Homepage" in the first dropdown menu.

  • Click the button called "Use Current Pages" to set the homepage to the one you have on the screen.

After you complete the above steps, install this add-on to prevent another search engine from modifying your preferences: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browserprotect/

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