I don't want Yahoo as my Firefox search engine; I want Google!! How do I get Yahoo out of my computer cause I can't find it in the control panel. It's like Yahoo's a Virus!!! AAAHHH
Yahoo infiltrated my computer by downloading a free program that i realized was no good. removed the program since, however yahoo is still here and replaced my google search engine on firefox. I can't find it on add/remove programs on my PC and it's driving me nuts. I now have to use google chrome. I miss my google firefox I've removed Firefox and re-downloaded it and it doesn't help. please help me
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Yahoo Toolbar messes up Location Bar Search
Remove the Yahoo Toolbar
- "Ctrl+Shift+A" (Add-ons Manager)
- Select Puzzle piece on left-side for Extensions List
- Find "Yahoo Toolbar" and click on "Uninstall" button, and restart Firefox. (if you really need to keep the Yahoo toolbar, you can hide the toolbar instead with customize, and still change all the search defaults as below)
Then to fix the default search engine used at the Location Bar, change the value of keyword.URL in about:config to one of the values shown in Location Bar search at MozillaZine.
- Google Search (Google search results page)
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=
- type in about:config into the location bar (in a new tab)
- if the warning message nonsense comes up uncheck the box before dismissing the dialog message
- filter on keyword
- right-click on keyword.URL and choose "modify" then paste in the Google search engine string of your choice.
- filter on keyword
- right-click on browser.search.defaulturl and again choose "modify" then paste in the Google search engine string of your choice.
- right-click on yahoo.ytff.search.popup_src (if it exists, and not empty) and again choose "modify" then paste in the Google search engine string of your choice.
Avoiding the problems: Many software installations contain additional baggage know as crapware. The Yahoo Toolbar is packaged with Java picture
More information on ask.com, Yahoo Toolbars
- Uninstalling toolbars - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars
More information on configuration variables available in about:config entries and for users not familiar with the process there is about:config (How to change).
How do I do this on a Mac?
Ctrl key is same as Command key on the Mac for most keyboard shortcuts. The Addons-Manager can also be reached through
Tools > Add-ons if you have the menu bar,
or with the default Firefox 4 and Firefox 5 toolbars
"Firefox" > Add-ons (are in the second column of the drop-down)
Everything else should be the same.
I tried to do this and know things are even worse. If I type something in it doesn't even search, it just opens up the Google home page. Before at least it used to search on Yahoo! I tried installing the Yahoo toolbar again but that didn't work. How do I get it to search. Instead of just opening a page.
I just discovered a solution! Go to the upper right hand corner in Firefox where the search bar is. Click on the icon and you'll get a drop-down menu. Go to "manage search engines". You can then delete all the no-good ones, like Bing and Yahoo.
This was VERY helpful. However, the drop down meny was at the LEFT of the Search bar on my Firefox 4.0.1. Therefore, I went to upper LEFT hand corner in Firefox where the search bar is. Click on the icon and you'll get a drop-down menu. Go to "manage search engines". You can then delete all the no-good ones, like Bing and Yahoo! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
This did not help me. However, someone else suggested to go to the drop down menu (on the LEFT of the Search bar on my Firefox 4.0.1 but on the RIGHT of the Yahoo Search Bar others). Therefore, I went to upper LEFT hand corner in Firefox where the search bar is, Clicked on the icon and got a drop-down menu. Go to "manage search engines". You can then delete all the no-good ones, like Bing and Yahoo! :-)