How to remove an Internet browser toolbar

When installing a new free program or updating an old program, you may miss the option to not install a browser toolbar. When this happens, you can still uninstall the browser toolbar by following the steps below.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Toolbars can be removed from Internet Explorer by following the steps below.

1. Click Tools. If you do not see Tools, press the Alt to open the file menu and click Tools.
2. In the Tools menu, click Manage Add-ons.
3. In Manage add-ons, under the Toolbars and Extensions section, select the toolbar you want to disable and click the Disable button.

Mozilla Firefox

Toolbars and add-ons can be removed from Mozilla Firefox by following the steps below.

Remove any unrecognized add-ons

1. Click the hamburger menu icon and click Add-ons and themes.
2. Click Extensions and highlight the toolbar or any other extension you do not recognize.
3. Click the ellipsis button to the right of the extension name, and select Remove in the drop-down menu.

Disable the toolbar

1. Press the Alt on the keyboard to get the file menu.
2. Click View and then Toolbars.
3. Uncheck any toolbar you do not want to be shown.

Refresh Firefox

If the above steps have not helped, you can refresh Firefox to restore default settings by following the steps below.

1. Click the hamburger menu icon and click the question mark (help) icon.
2. In the Firefox help menu, click the Refresh button.

Google Chrome

Toolbars and add-ons can be removed from Google Chrome by following the steps below.

1. Click the Customize and control Google Chrome icon in the upper-right corner of the browser window.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click the Extensions and remove any toolbar or other extensions you do not recognize.