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How to remove Norton Safe search if its not listed in extensions?

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I installed Norton antivirus and its safe search was also installed in my browser with the installation, but now i don't want the antivirus so i have uninstalled the antivirus from my computer, but the Norton Safe search is still there in my Firefox startup page, and i tried to remove it from extensions but its not listed there. Please help

I installed Norton antivirus and its safe search was also installed in my browser with the installation, but now i don't want the antivirus so i have uninstalled the antivirus from my computer, but the Norton Safe search is still there in my Firefox startup page, and i tried to remove it from extensions but its not listed there. Please help

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You are talking about two different things.


Norton. If you want to remove Norton from your add-ons, you need to remove the program. That you have done.


Start page. You can choose what is used as your start pages.

Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar.

There are two settings;

  • When Firefox Starts

When the browser is started, what do you want to display? Many of us choose Show My Home Page.

  • Home Page

When a new page is opened, what do you want to be displayed?

  1. Use Current Page. Use what ever page(s) are open at that time.
  2. Use Bookmark
  3. Restore To Default. about:home shows a Mozilla home page with tools.

You can use any of these that you wish;

about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),

or you can enter any webpage or about: page you want.

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You are talking about two different things.


Norton. If you want to remove Norton from your add-ons, you need to remove the program. That you have done.


Start page. You can choose what is used as your start pages.

Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar.

There are two settings;

  • When Firefox Starts

When the browser is started, what do you want to display? Many of us choose Show My Home Page.

  • Home Page

When a new page is opened, what do you want to be displayed?

  1. Use Current Page. Use what ever page(s) are open at that time.
  2. Use Bookmark
  3. Restore To Default. about:home shows a Mozilla home page with tools.

You can use any of these that you wish;

about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),

or you can enter any webpage or about: page you want.

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Thanks Fred for your help, Now it's working fine

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Glad to help. Safe Surfing.