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: ''This article applies to both [[Mozilla Suite]] and [[Firefox]].''
'''This article does not apply to Firefox 2 or later.'''  Starting in Firefox 2, you can remove search engines using the new search engine manager,  accessible by clicking on the [[Search Bar]] icon,  then clicking on "Manage Search Engines" from the drop-down list.


After installing plugins from [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft] you might want to get rid of those you don't use.
This article describes how to remove search engines from the [[Mozilla Suite : FAQs : Status | Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey]] Internet Search preferences or from the Search Bar in Firefox 1.5.x and earlier.


# Go to the [[installation directory]] 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 the application closed, open the '''searchplugins''' folder in the following locations. Note that Firefox 1.5 and SeaMonkey place manually installed search engines ("custom" search plugins)  in the [[profile folder]] so you may have search plugins in two locations.
# Restart the application and deleted plugins will disappear.
* Mozilla Suite:  [[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!
* SeaMonkey:  Default search plugins: [[Installation directory]] . Custom search plugins: [[profile folder]].
* Firefox 1.0.x: [[Installation directory]].
* Firefox 1.5:  Default search plugins*:  [[Installation directory]] .   Custom search plugins: [[profile folder]].


==Notes==
Delete both .src and .gif or .png search plugin files for the search engine you want to remove.  For example, to remove the Webster search engine, you would delete the files "webster.src" and "webster.gif".  Restart the application and it will be gone.
* '''All users''': Do not confuse your [[installation directory]] with your [[profile folder]].


* '''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, either
If you removed a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the [http://mycroftproject.com/ Mycroft Homepage] and "judge" this plugin.
:# Logout and log in as '''root'''
:# Fire up the console and type '''su''' (followed by the root password)
:Note: Both procedures require root password. The second enables you to work only in console mode only.


* '''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.
==Search plugin managers==
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1563&application=firefox SearchPluginHacks] extension
* [http://maltekraus.de/Firefox/Search-Engine-Ordering/ Search Engine Ordering] extension
* [http://www.svenbader.de/anwendungen/e_firefox.htm Search Plugin Manager] utility for Windows


* '''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]].
[[Category:Installation and update (Firefox)]]
 
[[Category:Issues (Firefox)]]
==SearchPluginHacks Extension==
[[Category:Searches (Firefox)]]
[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.
[[Category:Issues (Mozilla Suite)]]
[[Category:Searches (Mozilla Suite)]]

Latest revision as of 00:20, 23 March 2013

This article does not apply to Firefox 2 or later. Starting in Firefox 2, you can remove search engines using the new search engine manager, accessible by clicking on the Search Bar icon, then clicking on "Manage Search Engines" from the drop-down list.

This article describes how to remove search engines from the Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey Internet Search preferences or from the Search Bar in Firefox 1.5.x and earlier.

Manual removal

With the application closed, open the searchplugins folder in the following locations. Note that Firefox 1.5 and SeaMonkey place manually installed search engines ("custom" search plugins) in the profile folder so you may have search plugins in two locations.

Delete both .src and .gif or .png search plugin files for the search engine you want to remove. For example, to remove the Webster search engine, you would delete the files "webster.src" and "webster.gif". Restart the application and it will be gone.

If you removed a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the Mycroft Homepage and "judge" this plugin.

Search plugin managers