The search engine DuckDuckGo appears as my primary search engine every time I start Firefox even though I delete it from my search engines every time, WHY?
I have tried many times to get rid of DuckDuckGo. I use the search engine tool to delete it and every time I restart Firefox it appears as my primary search engine again. I have run Norton 360 antivirus after deleting DuckDuckGo and it does not find any problems so I do not know what to do next. How can I permanently remove DuckDuckGo from Firefox?
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Do you see that search engine in the searchplugins folder in the Firefox profile folder or Firefox program folder?
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
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Delete (delete it) a user.js file in the profile folder and use the searchreset tool.
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Do you see that search engine in the searchplugins folder in the Firefox profile folder or Firefox program folder?
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)