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'''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.
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After installing plugins from [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft] you might want to get rid of those you don't use.


# Go to the [[installation directory]] of the application (Firefox or Mozilla Suite) and locate the subfolder "searchplugins".
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.
# 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".
# Restart the application and deleted plugins will disappear.
# 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!


==Notes==
==Manual removal==
* '''All users''': Do not confuse your [[installation directory]] with your [[profile folder]].
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.
* Mozilla Suite:  [[Installation directory]].
* 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]].


* '''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'''.
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.


* '''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.
If you removed a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the [http://mycroftproject.com/ Mycroft Homepage] and "judge" this plugin.


* '''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]].
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==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.
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==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.

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

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