Uninstall search plugins

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.

1. Go to the installation directory of the application (Firefox or Mozilla Suite) and locate the subfolder "searchplugins". (See notes below.)
2. 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".
3. Restart the application and deleted plugins will disappear.
4. If you uninstalled a search plugin because it was broken, please go to the Mycroft Homepage and "judge" this plugin. Thank you!

Notes: locating your installation directory and "searchplugins" subfolder

Do not confuse your installation directory with your profile folder.

Windows

On Windows, it is usually C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ (for Firefox) or C:\Program Files\Mozilla\ (for Mozilla Suite). This path may vary on a per computer basis and doing a search on your computer for "Mozilla", "Firefox", or "searchplugins" will help.

Linux

On Linux, you will need root privileges, unless you've installed the program somewhere the user has access to. To obtain root privileges, either

1. Logout and log in as root
2. 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.

The path may vary and doing a search on your computer (from "/") for "firefox", "mozilla", "searchplugins", or "plugins" will help. If Firefox or Mozilla Suite was installed using a standard update manager and not manually, this path is ususally /usr/lib/firefox-<version> (for Firefox) or /usr/lib/mozilla-<version> (for Mozilla Suite). E.g.: /usr/lib/firefox-1.0 (Firefox) or /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.3 (Mozilla Suite).

FreeBSD

On FreeBSD, this is usually /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/searchplugins/. Root privileges will be required to remove the 2 files associated with each plugins.

Mac OS X

On Mac OS X, it is usually under your "Applications" folder. The "searchplugins" subfolder 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 /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/searchplugins (for Firefox) or /Applications/Mozilla.app/Contents/MacOS/searchplugins (for Mozilla Suite).