Uninstall search plugins
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
- This article applies to both Mozilla Suite and Firefox.
After installing plugins from Mycroft you might want to get rid of those you don't use.
- Go to the installation directory of the application (Mozilla Suite or Firefox). (see note 1)
- Locate the subfolder "searchplugins". (see note 2)
- Delete both SRC and GIF/PNG files for each search plugin.
- Restart the application and deleted plugins will disappear.
- If you uninstalled a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the Mycroft Homepage and judge this plugin. Thank you!
Example: If you want to get rid of the default Google search plugin, you will delete "google.src" and "google.png".
Notes
- On Linux, you will need root privileges, unless you've installed the program somewhere the user has access to. To obtain root privileges, either
- Logout and log in as root
- Fire up the console and type su (followed by the root password)
- On FreeBSD, this is usually /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/searchplugins/. Root privileges will be required to remove the 2 files associated with each plugins.
- On Windows, it is usually "C:\Program Files\Mozilla\" and "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\" for Mozilla and Firefox users respectively. This path may vary on a per computer basis and doing a search on your computer for "Mozilla", "Firefox", "searchplugins" will help.
- On Mac OS X, it is usually under your Applications folder.
- On Linux, you will need root privileges, unless you've installed the program somewhere the user has access to. To obtain root privileges, either
- Note for Mac OS X users:
The "searchplugins" folder is within the Firefox/Mozilla Suite 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 one of the following locations:
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/searchplugins /Applications/Mozilla.app/Contents/MacOS/searchplugins