Remove Toolbars

To remove toolbars is an easy process and can help to restore your internet screen to a
more manageable size.
You've been downloading software from the Internet for your computer. While free software
can be good it usually comes with the offer to install a toolbar that is included by the vendor
or download sponsor. If you do not pay attention during the install process and just click the
next button you will be installing more toolbars than you need. This can lead to your
browser screen looking like the example below every time you access the Internet. Well it's
time to remove search toolbars.

Okay, so now you have literally no real estate
to view your browser page. It's time to clean
up your browser, remove toolbars and reclaim
all that screen area that has been sacrificed
to the toolbar gods.

1. The first step is to disable the toolbars that
you don't need.

Log onto your computer and access the
Internet using whatever browser you usually
use. At the top of the page you will see
toolbars. You need to turn them off, which
allows them to be uninstalled.

To do this, right click above the toolbars on the blank space above your address bar, you will then have the
option to disable toolbars by clicking any which have a check mark by them. Turn off the toolbars you want
to remove by clicking on their names.

2. Uninstalling the Toolbars

Now, to remove them, permanently. To accomplish this, click on the start menu, and open the control panel.
Now open "add/remove programs". Select uninstall toolbar on the ones you want to remove, and uninstall
them one by one.

3. What about toolbars not found in
"add/remove programs"?

If you want to remove toolbars not
displayed on the add/remove
programs menu, then search for it
using the search panel in the top
corner of the control panel screen.
Search for the name of the toolbar
and access its parent file. From
here you can usually manually
uninstall the toolbar without
affecting the software it came with.
Some toolbars won't show up on
the add and remove menu as they
are installed as part of a program
that you downloaded and are
included under their name.

Even though companies add these toolbars to downloaded programs, which if you are careful when
installing you can opt out from adding them to your browser, there is a solution. It's your computer,
your internet browser and you can customize it as you see fit. So it's also your choice, if you don't
need them or want them to say no and remove toolbars.