I am running the latest version of Firefox (17.0.1)
I have a number of add-ons all of which are disabled and which I would like to remove. Unfortunately there is no remove button.
I have read the FAQs and community help which tells me that if there is no remove button then the add-ons are there through being added globally by other software. However on of the add-ons that I want to remove is Google Toolbar for Firefox - how could that have been added by another application?
Any suggestions gratefull received.
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iamjayakumars 4 months ago In order to uninstall a possibly unwanted extension, please do the following:
- From the Firefox window click the Firefox button at the top left and select Add-ons, or, if the Firefox button is not shown, click the Tools menu and click Add-ons.
- Once the Add-on Manager has opened in a new tab, click the Extensions button on the left side of the window.
- You should now see a list of your installed extensions on the right side together with buttons on the right side of each extension.
- To remove an extension from Firefox, simply click the Remove button. You should see a message that informs you about the successful removal of the add-on.
- Note that some add-ons require a Firefox restart to be removed completely. To perform a Firefox restart after the add-on removal, click the Restart now link in the message.
You can find further information about uninstalling extensions in the following articles:
Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page
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cor-el 4 months ago Extensions that do not have a Remove button are installed globally by other software and can only be removed via that software or possibly delete the xpi file from that software that installs them for Firefox.
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woodentop 4 months ago Please people, read what I wrote. I have gone through everything in the help and community files and none of them help with my problem, then all you have done is repeat those instructions/suggestions.
I have a number of add-ons that are related to my anti-virus - I understand those - but I also have two add-ons that I do not understand. One is Google Toolbat for Firefox - how could that have been added globally when it is <specifically> for Firefox? I will have downloaded it at some time but now cannot remove it. The other relates to Nokia Suite which I do have on my machine but which I downloaded through IE8, so why is it showing up under Firefox. I have found a number of xpi files and deleted them but it makes no difference, I still cannot remove the add-ons (which incidently are all marked as disable.)
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cor-el 4 months ago Did you check the involved registry keys to find where the extensions are located?
On 32 Bit Windows:
- HKCU\Software\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\extension-id
On 64 bit Windows:
- HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\extension-id