How to remove the Babylon toolbar, home page and search engine

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The Babylon translation software installs the Babylon toolbar and other add-ons for Firefox and other browsers. It also changes a number of preferences such as your home page and search engine. These add-ons and settings changes are done in a way that may be difficult to detect and reverse. This article will cover some options for removing Babylon and resetting the Firefox options that it changes.

Note: This article only applies to Windows and Mac OS X. To see instructions, choose Windows or Mac OS X from the dropdown menu above.

Option 1: Reset Firefox to remove the Babylon toolbar and restore the default home page and search engine

The Firefox reset feature is quick, easy to use and will remove the Babylon toolbar from Firefox and reset the preferences it changes. However, the Babylon translation software will still be installed on your computer. Learn more about the reset feature in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

  1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu
    (on Windows XP, click the Help menu at the top of the Firefox window) and select Troubleshooting Information.
    Troubleshooting info - win
  2. Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.
    Reset Firefox - Win - 1
  3. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.
  4. Firefox will close and be reset. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open. That's it – you're done!
  1. On the menu bar, click the Help menu and select Troubleshooting Information.

    Troubleshooting info - mac
  2. Click the Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.
    Reset Firefox - Mac - 1
  3. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation sheet that slides down.
  4. Firefox will close and be reset. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Done and Firefox will open. That's it – you're done!

Option 2: Completely remove the Babylon software from your computer

More info about this choice.

1. Uninstall the Babylon translation software

  1. From the Start Menu in the Windows taskbar, select Control Panel. The Control Panel opens.
    Open Windows 7 Control Panel
  2. Open the Windows program listing.
    • (Windows Vista/7) Click Programs and then Programs and Features.
    • (Windows 2000/XP) Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
  3. From the list of currently installed programs, select Babylon.
  4. To begin the uninstall:
    • (Windows Vista/7) Click Uninstall at the top of the window.
    • (Windows 2000/XP) Click Remove on the right of Babylon.
  5. In the Babylon Uninstall Wizard that opens, click Uninstall and then follow the onscreen instructions.

2. Remove Babylon Add-ons from Firefox

  1. Click the menu button Fx89menuButton, click Add-ons and themesExtensions and themes and select Extensions.
  2. Click the Remove button next to each of the Babylon related add-ons.
  3. Once you clickedRemove next to each Babylon add-on, click the Restart now link. Your tabs will be saved and restored after the restart.

3. Remove the Babylon search engine

4. Reset preferences

  1. Search reset
  2. Remove user.js

5. Check for malware

6. Remove add-ons from other browsers on your computer

1. Uninstall the Babylon translation software

Open Applications folder> move Babylon to the Trash> empty Trash.

2. Remove Babylon Add-ons from Firefox

3. Remove the Babylon search engine

4. Reset preferences

  1. Search reset
  2. Remove user.js

5. Remove add-ons from other browsers on your computer