I am certainly glad that I did not download Yahoo toolbar and am very pleased to find so many people involved in this subject. I have extracted several instruction pages from the Yahoo web site. Based on what I have read on this mail list the instructions given by Yahoo are a joke. John C. How do I remove Yahoo! Toolbar for Internet Explorer? There are two ways to uninstall the Yahoo! Toolbar for Internet Explorer. Option 1: Via the toolbar() Select "Uninstall" from the Pencil button (Toolbar Settings). Click "Uninstall" on the uninstall page. Close any open IE windows. When you restart Internet Explorer, Yahoo! Toolbar will no longer be present. Option 2: Via the Control Panel Click the Windows "Start" button. Select "Control Panel" from the "Settings" menu. Double-click on "Add/Remove Programs". Scroll down and click on the "Yahoo! Toolbar" entry. Click on "Change/Remove." Close any open IE windows. Yahoo! Toolbar is now uninstalled. Please start IE again after closing all your open IE browser windows and it will no longer be present. If you follow these steps and Yahoo! Toolbar is still present, make sure you've closed all your open IE browser windows. Due to Internet Explorer being integrated with Windows, you might need to restart your computer to fully uninstall Yahoo! Toolbar. If you like the functionality of Yahoo! Toolbar, instead of removing Yahoo! Toolbar, you can hide Yahoo! Toolbar or move Yahoo! Toolbar so that it takes up less space in your browser. How do I remove Yahoo! Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox? There are two ways to remove the Yahoo! Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox. The easiest way is to use the "Uninstall" menu item: 1.. Click the Pencil menu. 2.. Click "Uninstall". 3.. Enter any feedback you'd like to send to Yahoo! about why you're uninstalling the toolbar. 4.. Click "Uninstall". 5.. Restart your browser. If that doesn't work, you can also use the Extension Manager in Firefox to remove the Yahoo! Toolbar extension: 1.. Click the "Tools" menu in the Firefox browser. 2.. Click the "Extensions" menu item. 3.. In the Extensions Manager window scroll until you find the Yahoo! Toolbar extension. 4.. Click the Yahoo! Toolbar extension. 5.. Click "Uninstall". 6.. Click "OK" in the "Uninstall Yahoo! Toolbar" window. 7.. Exit Extensions Manager and restart your browser. Either one of these methods will uninstall Yahoo! Toolbar from your browser. If neither works, your user profile is corrupt. You might need to create a new user profile for your browser.