dophi Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 How do I get rid of following extensions: Amazon.com.au, Bing, Chambers(UK), DoH Roll-Out, DuckDuckGo, eBay, Wikipedia (en). I cannot delete them. If I disable them, they get enabled the next time I look. I have no need or desire to have them there. Thanks. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted February 20, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 20, 2021 What browser are you talking about ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted February 21, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2021 Presumably it's Firefox, this is a known issue with the Firefox search engine extensions. They are links to the browsers default search engines and are not a problem, if you don't use them then they don't load the search engine and don't take up any resources. CCleaner is doing what it is expected to do and disabling the search engine extension links when you tell it to - the issue is that, since about Firefox v75, Firefox is simply re-enabling them again as soon as you launch Firefox. There is nothing that CCleaner can do to stop Firefox from doing that, there is nothing that anyone other than Mozilla can do about it, shout at Mozilla (or just ignore the extensions). *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 21, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2021 In Firefox Search engines can be removed: 1. In Firefox go to: Tools > Options > Search 2. Highlight a search you don't want, and then click the Remove button. Add-ons/Extensions/Plugins can be disabled or removed: 1. In Firefox go to: Tools > Add-ons > Extensions 2. In Firefox go to: Tools > Add-ons > Plugins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dophi Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Thank you all for your responses. Yes, I am using Firefox. It is good to know they do not impact the system. Sorry about how the message was displayed. I had included a screenshot but obviously wasn't successful. Thanks again for the help. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted February 21, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2021 Andavari's method works to 'hide' the search engines in Firefox itself, but it doesn't actualy remove them and CCleaner will still see them. It's just a quirk that happens with Firefox. it doesn't affect the running of your computer. PS. I'll edit that whitespace out of your original post seeing as you didn't mean it to be there. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dophi Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 For some time now any update to CCleaner brings with it about ten extensions. They are automatically added and I cannot delete or disable them. If I do either, they simply show up again the next time I start CCleaner. Why are these unwanted extensions forced onto my system and more importantly why can I not get rid of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dophi Posted December 8, 2023 Author Share Posted December 8, 2023 I just realised I asked this same question about a years ago. Sorry, but I don't know how to delete this record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted December 8, 2023 Moderators Share Posted December 8, 2023 Threads merged, we don't delete here except spam ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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