How do I permanently remove Yahoo from Firefox? I never want to see it again.
Typing in the address field brings up Yahoo search. The workaround is NOT to search from the search field. I want Yahoo GONE FOR GOOD from my FireFox Browser, Ubuntu and Windows 10.
I believe I can do it via about:config / search on Yahoo / modify default to Reset and then I need to use some special Mozilla removal tool so Yahoo is not reinstated. What is the tool? OR, better yet, what is the correct process to rid Firefox of Yahoo?
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Hi, I assume you have attempted to remove Yahoo from your search; Add or remove a search engine in Firefox
Also look in Add-ons Manager (Ctrl+Shift+A) > Extensions.
You can also check your Firefox Desktop shortcut for corruption: Right click on it > Properties, and in Target, make sure there is no sign of Yahoo. If there is, delete that part of it. Or if it's easier, you can just delete and recreate a new shortcut. Wrong home page opens when I start Firefox - How to fix.
Another thing you can do, is to search for Yahoo in your PC's search box, and remove anything suspect that you didn't install, or was installed when the issue first started.
If you have add-ons/theme, try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Firefox Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode that temporarily turns off hardware acceleration, resets some settings, and disables add-ons (extensions and themes).
If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
- Click the menu button
, click Help 
and select Restart with Add-ons Disabled.
If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
- On Windows: Hold the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
- On Mac: Hold the option key while starting Firefox.
- On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run firefox -safe-mode
(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".
If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration. Please follow the steps in the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article to find the cause.
To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.
After removal you may need to reset your home page and search, which you can do by running the add-on SearchReset.
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem. Thank you!
Hi !
As a bonus:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/
I had tried the items mentioned. Thank you! I then blanked out the values for all Yahoo in about:config and restarted Firefox. Still no good. I installed the addon searchreset and noted someone's comment to drag/drop your preferred search provider home page to the home page icon (the House icon) of Firefox. Well, that worked! Doing this did blow away McAfee site advisor...haven't worked on this yet. Hope this works under Ubuntu, too.