Sunday, March 16, 2014

Steps To Remove Yahoo Toolbar From Your Computer

Yahoo has developed Yahoo toolbar to provide users easy access to its services. Yahoo toolbar is usually installed in internet browsers when the user tries to download another program. Since Yahoo has tie-ups with many other applications developers, the toolbar comes bundled with the software programs of these developers. Therefore, most users may not be aware of the toolbar during the installation process.

There are many features integrated in the Yahoo toolbar. You can find a button for your Yahoo emails in the toolbar. A click on this button takes you directly to your Yahoo inbox. There are also tabs and shortcuts for many other services. An advantage of Yahoo toolbar is that you can customize it as per you wish. You can add various tools to the toolbar or remove the ones that you do not wish to keep. Now, there are also downsides of Yahoo toolbar.

Many customers have complained that their browsing speed has reduced considerably after the installation of the Yahoo toolbar. Therefore, if you are one of those customers who are annoyed with the browsing speed after the installation of Yahoo toolbar and are searching for methods to find out how to remove Yahoo toolbar, then this post will certainly help you. Here, we will take you through the removal process of Yahoo toolbar from your computer and from your browser.

Uninstall Yahoo toolbar from your computer
  • Select the Start menu and choose the option Run.
  • In the Run window, enter appwiz.cpl and click OK.
  • The above step will open the window for Add or Remove Programs. 
  • Click the tab Change or Remove Programs from the left pane of the window. This lists the programs in your computer. 
  • Choose the program Yahoo Toolbar from the list and click the button Remove.
  • The above step will remove Yahoo Toolbar from your computer. 
Remove Yahoo Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
  • Launch Mozilla Firefox and click the option Tools.
  • Choose Add-ons from the drop down menu to open the window for Add-ons Manager. 
  • Click the tab Extensions and from the add-ons list, choose Yahoo Toolbar.
  • Choose the option Disable to deactivate it temporarily or Remove to get rid of the toolbar permanently.
  • Restart Firefox for the effects to take place.
We hope that the above steps have helped you to find out how to remove Yahoo toolbar from your Mozilla browser and computer. For additional assistance, you may contact our technical support agents.

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