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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.


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 Mozilla or Firefox. (1)
==Manual removal==
# Locate the subfolder "searchplugins". (2)
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/PNG files for each plugin.
* Mozilla Suite:  [[Installation directory]].
# Restart Firefox and the deleted plugins will have disappeared.
* 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]].


Example: If you want to get rid of the default Google search plugin, you will delete "google.src" and "google.png".
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.


===Notes===
If you removed a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the [http://mycroftproject.com/ Mycroft Homepage] and "judge" this plugin.
(1) For Windows users, this is usually "C:\Program Files\Mozilla\" ("C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\" for Firefox users). On Linux, you will usually need root privileges, unless you've installed the program to somewhere you can access by user. The path may vary and doing a search on your computer for a "mozilla" (or "firefox", for Firefox users) folder with "searchplugins", "plugins", etc. directories beneath it will help (do not confuse your installation folder with your [[profile folder]]). On Mac OS X, it is usually under your Applications folder.


(2) Note for Mac OS X users:
==Search plugin managers==
The "searchplugins" folder is within the Firefox Applications folder (Mozilla.app or Firefox.app), but clicking on it will start the program. To open this folder and see the folders beneath: Ctrl-click "Mozilla.app" or "Firefox.app" and select "Show Package Contents". The folder should be at:
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1563&application=firefox SearchPluginHacks] extension
:/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/searchplugins
* [http://maltekraus.de/Firefox/Search-Engine-Ordering/ Search Engine Ordering] extension
Or
* [http://www.svenbader.de/anwendungen/e_firefox.htm Search Plugin Manager] utility for Windows
:/Applications/Mozilla.app/Contents/MacOS/searchplugins
 
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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