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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