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why does my firefox now go to yahoo to search, it never did before I reinstalled it and I don't want to use yahoo

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rtmoore73
rtmoore73
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Every search I enter into firefox now takes me into yahoo. I don't want to use yahoo and would like just to use firefox.

Every search I enter into firefox now takes me into yahoo. I don't want to use yahoo and would like just to use firefox.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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From where did you download Firefox?
You may have a version of Firefox which is "optimized" for Yahoo.

rtmoore73
rtmoore73 Question owner
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I downloaded firefox from the firefox/mozilla website, how do I get rid of the yahoo

kobe
kobe
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In order to be able to find the correct solution to your problem, we require some more non-personal information from you. Please do the following:

  • Click the Firefox button at the top left, then click the Help menu and select Troubleshooting Information from the submenu. If you don't have a Firefox button, click the Help menu at the top and select Troubleshooting Information from the menu.

Now, a new tab containing your troubleshooting information should open.

  • At the top of the page, you should see a button that says "Copy text to clipboard". Click it.
  • Now, go back to your forum post and click inside the reply box. Press Ctrl+V to paste all the information you copied into the forum post.

If you need further information about the Troubleshooting information page, please read the article Use the Troubleshooting Information page to help fix Firefox issues.

Thanks in advance for your help!