Safari - Click the Safari menu and select "Preferences".Check the "Cookies and website data" box and click Delete. Internet Explorer - Click the Gear icon or the Tools menu and select "Internet Options".In the window that appear, ensure that the "Cookies" box is checked, and click Clear Now. Firefox - Click the Menu (☰) button, click "History", and then click "Clear Recent History".Ensure that "Cookies and other site and plug-in data" is checked, and then click Clear browsing data.Click the "Show advanced settings" link, and then click Clear browsing data. Chrome - Click the Menu (☰) button and select "Settings".If you didn't reset your entire browser in the previous step (which also deletes all cookies), you should be sure to remove them now. Toolbars may leave cookies behind that could potentially still transmit your browsing information or even reinstall the toolbar. Ensure that everything is checked and click the Reset button.ĭelete cookies. To reset Safari completely, click the Safari menu and select "Reset Safari".Safari does not allow the default search engines to be modified, so you don't have to change them back. Select the "General" tab, and then enter your desired starting page in the "Home page" field. To reset Internet Explorer completely, click the Gear icon or Tools menu and select "Internet Options".
In the "On startup" section, click the "Set pages" link.
Make sure to change these back to how you like, or you may end up reinstalling the toolbar. Oftentimes, toolbars change your home page and default search engine. Also look in the Input Managers folder in your Library folder for anything labeled "CTLoader". If you are trying to get rid of an invasive toolbar like Softonic, open the Library folder, open the Application Support folder and delete the "Conduit" folder. Also look for folders with the toolbar company's name and delete those as well.
#Delete mac toolbar icons software#
Delete this folder to delete the main software for any installed toolbars.