Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Removing Google Toolbar From IE

Among the various web browser toolbars, one might find Google toolbar most useful owing to its many features. Once installed on the web browsers, the toolbar brings up a series of features such as Gmail, Google search box, Google Drive, and so forth. Unsurprisingly, internet users who do not want to use any of these features on their browser do not like keeping Google toolbar or any toolbar of the like.  They are free to remove Google toolbar from their web browsers at any time they wish. The following instructions explain how to get rid of Google toolbar from Internet Explorer web browser, the default web browser on Windows OS.

Instructions
  • Launch IE web browser and navigate to the downward arrow lying close to the wrench icon in blue. You can find it on the right side of the toolbar. 
  • Press the icon to display the drop-down list. 
  • Locate and press the Uninstall option from the list. 
  • If the toolbar requests you to confirm your decision to uninstall the toolbar, press OK. Google may request you to fill in the feedback form. Provide the feedback if you wish. However, this is not a mandatory step. 
  • Restart your IE web browser and verify whether the toolbar is really gone. 
Even though the above step would uninstall Google toolbar from your web browser, it may show up again sometimes unless you remove it from the Control Panel. Execute these steps to uninstall Google toolbar from Control Panel.
  • Navigate to the Start button located at the left corner of your desktop screen. 
  • Select Control Panel from the resulting menu. 
  • Find out Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel window and double-click on it to open it. 
  • Wait for a few seconds until Add/Remove Programs populate the list of all the installed programs and applications in your computer. 
  • Browse the list until you locate Google toolbar in it. 
  • Highlight the toolbar and select Uninstall/Remove button.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the un-installation. 
  • Make sure that you press OK when Windows prompts you to restart your computer. 
The above steps have helped you uninstall Google Toolbar from your web browser as well as computer. To remove Google toolbar from other web browsers like Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, visit the help section of the respective browsers.

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