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I can't get rid of Ask as my search engine in upper right corner. I remove it and it comes right back when I open Firefox again. I want to use Google.

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I have removed some of the other search engines....ie, Bing, eBay, etc and they stay gone. But Ask comes back again and again!!

I have removed some of the other search engines....ie, Bing, eBay, etc and they stay gone. But Ask comes back again and again!!

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I have the same problem but with Bing instead. What can I do?

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  1. Remove Ask Toolbar (if you have it installed):
  2. Reset your home page (if the Ask search page is displayed when starting Firefox): http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page
    • You can reset to the default by clicking "Restore to default" on Options > General > Startup > Home page. Be sure to set "When Firefox starts" to "Show my home page" on that same panel.
  3. Reset your Location Bar search engine (if typing a few words in the URL/Location Bar takes you to Ask search):
  4. If Ask is shown in your Search Bar and you want to remove it:


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cjjbooth:

Not related to your question, but...

You need to update some plug-ins: