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 (Firefox or Mozilla Suite) and locate the subfolder "searchplugins".
- 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 Mycroft Homepage and "judge" this plugin. Thank you!
Notes
- All users: Do not confuse your installation directory with your 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, either
- Logout and log in as root
- 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.
- FreeBSD users: On FreeBSD, this is usually /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/searchplugins/. Root privileges will be required to remove the two files associated with each plugin.
- 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.