Removing Bing Toolbar From Your Web Browser

The Bing bar is an Internet Explorer browser extension which was developed by Microsoft. If you are very annoyed by it and would like to remove Bing toolbar, then this article will help you get this done. In reality, the Bing toolbar is not an actual program, but rather it becomes your default search-engine if you are using Internet Explorer as your web browser. If you go to find the installed programs in the Control Panel, you will find that the Bing toolbar is not there. For those who use the Firefox browser, this toolbar will remove the ability of your system to access the site you want, which definitely becomes annoying.

Before you begin deleting the Bing toolbar, here are some features of the Bing toolbar that you must know about. The Bing bar incorporates both the Bing Search engine and Windows Live features. It also has an interface that creates visual effects like rollover and slide animations, as well as themes and colors and flip. This toolbar also includes content windows that enable users to view up-to-date content directly from the MSN portal, without having to close pages they are currently viewing. Users can also use that preview pane to search the same section of the website. These may make the toolbar attractive, but if you have already decided against it, then the instructions have been given below.

Instructions to remove Bing toolbar in XP

• These instructions can be used for removing the Bing toolbar from both Internet Explorer and Firefox.
• Open the browser and go to Tools option on the top of the window. Select Add-ons to open a window.
• Click on the extensions option and locate the Bing toolbar in the list of installed extensions.
• On the right side, you will notice the disable and uninstall options.
• Click on Uninstall option to remove the toolbar, and restart the browser application.

If you wish to get your auto-search back use the following instructions:

• Go to the address bar and type in the following about:config. Press enter.
• You will notice a pop-up window saying this action will cause a void in your warranty. Click on the prompt saying you will be careful.
• Inside the given filter box that appears type in keyword.URL.
• Below that filter box you will now notice keyword.URL. Click on this link.
• This action will open a pop-up window with a highlighted text. Delete this and replace it with the counterpart from Google.
• Click on Okay and you will be done.

These instructions should be sufficient. Hope the article was helpful.