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This article describes how to remove search plugins from the [[Search Bar]].
[[Category:Searches (Mozilla Suite)]]
After installing plugins from [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft] you might want to get rid of those you don't use.


# Go to the [[profile folder]] ([[installation directory]] for Firefox versions before 1.5) of the application (Firefox or Mozilla Suite) and locate the subfolder "searchplugins".
==Manual removal==
# Delete both SRC and GIF/PNG files for each search plugin. For example, if you want to get rid of the default Google search plugin, you will delete "google.src" and "google.png".
# With Mozilla Suite or Firefox closed, open the searchplugins folder location in:
# Restart the application and deleted plugins will disappear.
#* Firefox 1.5, default search plugins: [[Installation directory]]
# If you uninstalled a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft Homepage] and "judge" this plugin. Thank you!
#* Firefox 1.5, custom search plugins: [[Profile folder]]
#* Firefox versions previous to 1.5: [[Installation directory]]
#* Mozilla Suite: [[Installation directory]]
# Delete both .src and .gif or .png for the plugins you want to delete. For example, if you want to get rid of the default Google search plugin, you would delete "google.src" and "google.png".
# Restart the application and deleted plugins will be gone.
# If you uninstalled a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft Homepage] and "judge" this plugin.


==Notes==
==Search plugin managers==
* '''All users''': Do not confuse your [[installation directory]] with your [[profile folder]].
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1563&application=firefox SearchPluginHacks] extension
* [http://www.svenbader.de/anwendungen/e_firefox.htm Search Plugin Manager] utility for Windows


* '''Linux users''': On Linux, you will need root privileges, unless you've installed the program somewhere the user has access to. To obtain root privileges, fire up the console and type '''su''' (followed by the root password). Then type '''firefox'''.
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[[Category:Searches (Firefox)]]
* '''Linux, continued''': For removing plugins, there is no need to fire up firefox. Just delete the files. And lest the above give you the idea that you must be root to install as well as uninstall if firefox is installed systemwide, you needn't be and shouldn't be. You may install firefox to a directory you do have write privileges for or you may (thanks yyz) create a restricted privilege group, make your user account a part of that group, and chown and chmod the searchplugins directory appropriately.
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* '''FreeBSD users''': On FreeBSD, this is usually <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/searchplugins/</tt>. Root privileges will be required to remove the two files associated with each plugin.
 
* '''Mac OS X users''': On Mac OS X, it is usually under your "Applications" folder, but the "searchplugins" subfolder is in the actual contents of Firefox.app or Mozilla.app. To access these, Ctrl-click the .app file and select "Show Package Contents". See [[Installation directory]].
 
==SearchPluginHacks Extension==
[http://www.iosart.com/ Alex Sirota] had made a [[Firefox]] [http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=3614 extension] to delete unwanted search plugins. This extension adds a context menu to the search plugins drop-down list, which allows quickly deleting unneeded plugins.
 
==See also==
* [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=177335 Add or remove search engines]
* [http://www.maltekraus.de/Firefox/Search-Engine-Ordering Change the order in which the engines are shown]
* [http://www.svenbader.de/anwendungen/e_firefox.htm Search Plugin Manager] does all of the above and also lets you rename, edit, or hide search plugins.

Revision as of 18:53, 7 December 2005

This article applies to Firefox and Mozilla Suite.

This article describes how to remove search plugins from the Search Bar.

Manual removal

  1. With Mozilla Suite or Firefox closed, open the searchplugins folder location in:
  2. Delete both .src and .gif or .png for the plugins you want to delete. For example, if you want to get rid of the default Google search plugin, you would delete "google.src" and "google.png".
  3. Restart the application and deleted plugins will be gone.
  4. If you uninstalled a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the Mycroft Homepage and "judge" this plugin.

Search plugin managers

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