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


==Manual removal==
==Manual removal==
# With Mozilla Suite or Firefox closed, open the searchplugins folder location in:
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.
#* Firefox 1.5, default search plugins: [[Installation directory]]
* Mozilla Suite: [[Installation directory]].
#* Firefox 1.5, custom search plugins: [[Profile folder]]
* SeaMonkey:  Default search plugins: [[Installation directory]] . Custom search plugins: [[profile folder]].
#* Firefox versions previous to 1.5: [[Installation directory]]
* Firefox 1.0.x: [[Installation directory]].
#* Mozilla Suite: [[Installation directory]]
* Firefox 1.5:  Default search plugins*: [[Installation directory]] .  Custom search plugins: [[profile folder]]. 
# 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.
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 uninstalled a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ Mycroft Homepage] and "judge" this plugin.
 
If you removed a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the [http://mycroftproject.com/ Mycroft Homepage] and "judge" this plugin.


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


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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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