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Firefox says to uninstall yahoo, but it does not show up on programs

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I am trying Firefox again. I stopped using it because I could not get rid of yahoo. Now your reply says to uninstall yahoo from control panel. Yahoo does not show up anyplace on control panel or computer.

I am trying Firefox again. I stopped using it because I could not get rid of yahoo. Now your reply says to uninstall yahoo from control panel. Yahoo does not show up anyplace on control panel or computer.

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Specifically, where in Firefox are you seeing Yahoo? Is your issue with Yahoo search just being in Firefox? Or are you unable to use a different search engine?

If Yahoo appears elsewhere in Firefox ... Where did you download Firefox from? Maybe you have a Yahoo special version where Yahoo is embedded in Firefox?

If that is the case, I suggest downloading Firefox directly from Mozilla. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

Then uninstall Firefox and reinstall the genuine article.

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Yahoo is my search engine and is on the toolbar. I downloaded Firefox from Mozilla. If I uninstall Firefox, then I will have no way to get online. Should I install Google Chrome, then uninstall Firefox, then reinstall Firefox, and then uninstall Google Chrome?

Thanks for your help, but I hat Yahoo!

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I meant hate, not hat

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If your issue is that Yahoo is your search engine, just select a different search engine to be the default. No need to do anything else.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox#w_set-a-default-search-engine