Showing posts with label How to remove toolbars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How to remove toolbars. Show all posts

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Uninstalling The IE Developer Toolbar

Internet Explorer is the default web browser in Windows operating systems. It comes as the built-in feature in every Windows operating system. Users are allowed to upgrade to the latest version of IE whenever a compatible IE version is released online.

Developer Toolbar in IE 

Being the default web browser for Windows operating system, IE enjoys a number of features. One of them is the Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar. This toolbar is used to help with the creation, debugging and maintenance of websites. Obviously, this is a great tool for web developers. For others, this tool can be helpful in monitoring or inspecting the inner functioning of a website. The features of IE Developer toolbar varies depending on the IE version you are using. If you are using an older version of IE in your computer, you may not get the latest features of the Developer toolbar.

Uninstalling the Developer toolbar

If you do not need the IE Developer Toolbar, you can easily remove it. The procedure on how to remove toolbars involves uninstalling the toolbar from the Control Panel. But, when it comes to the IE Developer Toolbar, you have to remove it from IE web browser settings. The following instructions will help you with this.

Instructions
  • Launch IE web browser in your computer and navigate to the Tools options, which you would find at the top of the window towards the right end. 
  • Choose Manage Add-ons option from the dropdown menu that appears. 
  • Click on the link that says Enable or Disable Add-ons from the resulting options. IE will display the list of all the installed Add-ons in your PC. You are required to disable two add-ons in order to remove IE Developer toolbar from your web browser. 
  • First, highlight IE Developer Toolbar and press the radio button titled Disable, which you would find at the bottom of the screen. 
  • Similarly, highlight the add-on titled IE Developer Toolbar BHO and Press the Disable radio button to disable it. 
  • The two toolbars that you have disabled now will be moved to the disabled panel which is located at the top of the screen. 
  • Press the OK button to save the changes you have made in the IE settings.
  • Exit IE and restart it. 
Hope you found this article on how to remove toolbars useful.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Steps To Uninstall The Swag Toolbar

Toolbars can be termed as on-screen applications that are present in the browsers. While browsing the web, if a user clicks on these toolbars, the person would be redirected to the specific website that the toolbars represent. Once in the website, the user would be provided with search results on the topic that he was looking for earlier. Hence, toolbars provide an advanced and convenient browsing experience to the users.
The Swag Bucks toolbar is such a free browser add-on, which enables the users to collect points. When you are taken to the website, you would be given a survey wherein for each right answer, you would be rewarded a point. Once you get these points or Swag Bucks, you can redeem them and get a free reward item. Although it may sound interesting, sometimes the toolbar may also lead you to an irritating scenario. This is because the toolbar may replace your browser’s default home page to the official website of Swag Bucks. In such cases, it is ideal to remove the toolbar from your browser.
If you do not know how to remove toolbars, you can always contact Microsoft tech support and seek assistance. However, you can also try these steps to uninstall the Swag Bucks toolbar from your browsers.

For Mozilla Firefox
  • In the first step, open the Mozilla Firefox application in your system and then click on the Tools menu.
  • Now, click on the Add-ons option followed by the Extensions tab. Now, click on the Swag Bucks option and then select the Uninstall button.
  • Once the uninstallation is over, close the Firefox application and then re-open it to check if the toolbar has been removed.
For Internet Explorer
  • Here, you need to close the Internet Explorer application if it is open. Once it is closed, you can open the Windows Start menu and then click on the Control Panel option.
  • Now, click on the Uninstall a program link, which you can find under the Programs category. If you have queries on how to remove toolbars, you can also contact the Microsoft tech support anytime.
  • Now, check the list of programs and click on the Swagbucks.com Toolbar entry. Now, click on the Uninstall button to uninstall the toolbar completely from your system.
These steps would help you to uninstall the Swag toolbar from your system. For more assistance, feel free to contact our technical support.