How to Remove Bing from Firefox

Written by Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: October 18, 2021

If you've recently updated Firefox or did a fresh installation, you may notice the addition of Bing products, such as new extensions, search engine, or home page. If you do not use Bing, you may choose to remove these products to reduce bloat. This wikiHow article will teach you how to remove the Bing extension and search engine from your Firefox web browser.

Method 1

Method 1 of 4:

Removing the Extension

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Open Firefox. This app icon looks like a red fox, or red panda, wrapped around a blue/purple orb. You can find this app icon in your Start menu (Windows) or in the Applications folder (Mac).
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Click ☰. This three-line menu icon, also called the Tools button, is in the top right corner of your browser.

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3
Click Add-ons and Themes. It's near the middle of the drop-down menu. You can also press Ctrl + Shift + A (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + A (Mac).
4
Click Extensions. It's in the panel on the left side of the page next to an icon of a jigsaw puzzle piece.
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Click … and Remove next to any unauthorized extensions, like SearchAssist Incognito or Bing. If you can't remove the unauthorized extension, you might be able to uninstall it from Windows Control Panel (Windows) or the Applications folder (Mac).^{[1]
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- Click the "Refresh" notification to restart Firefox. Alternatively, you can close the web browser and open it again to refresh it if you don't see the notification.

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Method 2

Method 2 of 4:

Changing the Default Search Preferences

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Open Firefox. This app icon looks like a red fox, or red panda, wrapped around a blue/purple orb. You can find this app icon in your Start menu (Windows) or in the Applications folder (Mac).
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Click ☰. This three-line menu icon, also called the Tools button, is in the top right corner of your browser.
3
Click Settings. It's in the second-to-last grouping of menu options.
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Click Search. You'll find this in the panel on the left side of the page next to a magnifying glass.
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Click the drop-down menu that lists "Bing" and select a different search engine. Firefox will use the search engine that's listed under "Default Search Engine" when you type your search into the search bar or the address bar.
- Click the "Refresh" notification to restart Firefox. Alternatively, you can close the web browser and open it again to refresh it if you don't see the notification.

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Method 3

Method 3 of 4:

Removing the Bing Home Page

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Open Firefox. This app icon looks like a red fox, or red panda, wrapped around a blue/purple orb. You can find this app icon in your Start menu (Windows) or in the Applications folder (Mac).
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Click ☰. This three-line menu icon, also called the Tools button, is in the top right corner of your browser.
3
Click Settings. It's in the second-to-last grouping of menu options.
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Click Home. You'll see this in the panel on the left side of the window next to an icon of a house.
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Click the drop-down next to "Homepage and new windows" and select "Firefox Home (Default)" or enter a custom URL. If Bing is currently your default home page, you can change it here.
- It'll automatically save any changes you make, so you can exit the settings window whenever you want.

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Method 4

Method 4 of 4:

Refeshing Firefox

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Open Firefox. This app icon looks like a red fox, or red panda, wrapped around a blue/purple orb. You can find this app icon in your Start menu (Windows) or in the Applications folder (Mac).
- Doing this will reset your extensions, open sites, and preferences, so only do this if resetting your search engine preferences, removing the extension, and resetting your Home page did not work.
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Click ☰. This three-line menu icon, also called the Tools button, is in the top right corner of your browser.
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Click Help. It's near the bottom of the menu.
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Click More Troubleshooting information. This will open a tab that shows information about Firefox, its latest crashes, as well as some of your computer's information.
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Click Refresh Firefox. You'll see this toward the top right corner of the browser page. Clicking this will reset your extensions and customizations.
- Once you're sure that you want to continue, click Refresh Firefox in the pop-up window. The web browser will close so it can refresh; click Finish when prompted and Firefox will open again.^{[2]
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About This Article

Written by:

Darlene Antonelli, MA

wikiHow Technology Writer

This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA. Darlene Antonelli is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Darlene has experience teaching college courses, writing technology-related articles, and working hands-on in the technology field. She earned an MA in Writing from Rowan University in 2012 and wrote her thesis on online communities and the personalities curated in such communities. This article has been viewed 11,312 times.

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Article SummaryX

1. Open Firefox.
2. Click the three-line menu icon.
3. Click Add-ons and Themes.
4. Click Extensions.
5. Click the three-dot menu icon and Remove next to any unauthorized extensions.

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