How To Remove The Ask Toolbar From Your PC

Ask toolbar is a browser extension program that is used mainly for providing the users with search results from the popular search engine Ask.com. However, the site does monitor your search traffic using the toolbar and will use the results for displaying ads from the site. Most of the users will find it rather intimidating and would like to remove the toolbar from their system. Follow the simple instructions given below for removing the Ask toolbar from your computer.

Instructions To Remove Ask Toolbar From IE

• Open the Internet Explorer web browser by double clicking on its desktop shortcut icon and then click on the Tools tab found in the top of the application window just below the address bar. 
• Click on the option named Manage Add-ons and the select the option named Toolbars and Extensions option for viewing all the toolbars and extensions added to the Internet Explorer web browser. 
• Look for the Ask toolbar in the list and uninstall everything related to the program for making the Ask toolbar removal process complete. 
• Now select the Search Providers option in the window and set the search engine of your choice as the default search engine of the browser. 

Instructions To Remove Ask Toolbar From Firefox

• Open the Firefox web browser by clicking on its tab found under the Programs tab in the Start menu. 
• Click on the Tools menu found in the menu bar and then select the Add-on option for viewing all the add-ons installed with the web browser. 
• Click on the option named Extensions and look for the Ask toolbar extension in the list populated, then click on it to select the toolbar. 
• Right click on the toolbar and then select the option Uninstall so that the users will be able to uninstall the toolbar from their computer. 
• Now move to the Tools menu and then select the Options tab for setting the homepage of the browser back to its default web page or you can set another page of your choice manually in the text box provided for entering it. 
• Restart the web browser for making the changes complete and for completing the Ask toolbar removal. 

If you follow the simple instructions given above, you will be able to easily remove all the contents related to the Ask toolbar.