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I removed Alexa Toolbar, but Alexa Web Search Remains - How to remove?

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Alexa tool bar is removed and no longer shows in add-ons. However, the web search window in the Firefox 3.6 header is still powered by Alexa. How do I remove that and default to straight Google search?

Alexa tool bar is removed and no longer shows in add-ons. However, the web search window in the Firefox 3.6 header is still powered by Alexa. How do I remove that and default to straight Google search?

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1. Type ‘about:config‘ and press enter.

2. You’ll see a warning page, click “I’ll be careful, I promise!”

2. Type ‘keyword.URL‘ in the filter text field.

You’ll notice the value is set to redirect to Alexa’s Search Engine.

Remove Alexa Web Search from Firefox

3. Just double click the value field and put this in the popup box that appears: 

   http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=