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Updated Firefox, now when I open a new tab, there is two seperate google search bars; how do I get rid of the unnecessary search bar?

Badwolf2991
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I updated Firefox, and after I restarted it, when I opened a new tab, I found that I now had two Google search bars: one next to where you type web addresses, and one right above my pinned sites (or my frequently visited sites). I'm just trying to: 1. Figure out why it is necessary to have two of the pretty much identically useful search bars when I really only need one (or can physically type Google in) and 2. How do I get rid of the unnecessary second Google search bar above my frequently visited and therefore pinned sites.

If you have any ideas of how to remove this annoying addition, I would appreciate it.

I updated Firefox, and after I restarted it, when I opened a new tab, I found that I now had two Google search bars: one next to where you type web addresses, and one right above my pinned sites (or my frequently visited sites). I'm just trying to: 1. Figure out why it is necessary to have two of the pretty much identically useful search bars when I really only need one (or can physically type Google in) and 2. How do I get rid of the unnecessary second Google search bar above my frequently visited and therefore pinned sites. If you have any ideas of how to remove this annoying addition, I would appreciate it.

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the-edmeister
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I am guessing that you installed an extension, related to "new tab", which added the first search bar. Firefox 31 in includes a search bar for the "new tab" page; so now you have two.

Take a look at that extension (Options or Preferences) to see how to disable ones of those 2 search bars. Or see if an update has been released for that extension, specifically for Firefox 31, with an option to disable the search bar.