How do you get rid of an unwanted Internet Explorer specialty toolbar? I can’t find it in my All Programs list and don’t see it in the Control Panel list of programs to change or remove.
If a new third-party toolbar is not as helpful as you were hoping, you can usually uninstall it from Internet Explorer’s own settings if you do not see it in the Programs list. Some extra toolbars also show up on the browser unexpectedly when you install a game or free program and many of these can be more annoying than helpful. Some may even cause the browser to crash or behave erratically.
To yank the unwanted toolbar, open Internet Explorer. Click on the Tools menu — or press Alt+X — and choose “Manage add-ons.”
A box appears on screen with a list of all the toolbars, search engines and other software that runs alongside the browser. In the “Add-on types” column on the left, choose “Toolbars and Extensions.” In the Show menu at the bottom of the column, select “All add-ons.” On the right side of the box, select the unwanted toolbar in the list and then click the Disable button. Click the Close button. Microsoft’s site has more information about Internet Explorer add-ons.
