how to remove google search from firefox

  • Go to Firefox's 'searchplugins' folder.
    • In MicroSoft Windows this is usually:
      C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins
    • In Linux (Fedora Core 2 for me), this is:
      ~/bin/firefox-installer/searchplugins/
  • Delete the gdesktop.src and gdesktop.png files from the searchplugins folder. (You can remove other search engines the same way. Just delete the associated .src and image files (.png or .gif).
  • Changes will take effect after you restart Firefox.

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