In the Delete Wizard window, click the button. Run program Delete Wizard Mozilla Firefox. After that you need to click "Delete" (2).Ĥ. In the list of installed programs, the Mozilla Firefox should be selected. (in Windows Vista or 7), or Start - "Control Panel" - « Installation and removal of programms" (one)(in Windows XP). Next, you can move To remove Firefox using the standard Windows procedure: Using the utility « Programs and components» Put a tick near the items "Cookies and Cash" (2) and click on the button "Clear now" (3). On the menu "Tools" You can choose "Erase recent history."Ĭlicking on the tick near the inscription "Details" (1), You can see a list of history elements that can be deleted. To clean the cache, you should also use the Firefox settings: "Tools" - "Settings"- Go to the item "Additional" (1) And in it - to the tab "Network" (2).Now, to remove the cache, you need to click the button " Clear now" (3) In the window that opens "Cookies" (3) Press the button " Remove all cookies" (4). Then click on the button "Show all cookies" (2). In the window that opens, select the item "Privacy" (1). In the tab menu "Tools"press paragraph "Settings". Removal from Firefox Old Cache and Cookies. Since you can import and old problems with the desired data.Ģ. It is not recommended to make a backup copy of something.
Make backup your bookmarks and passwords. However, as it turned out, Firefox is not as simple as it seems - even after deleting folders from the user directory, the problems have persisted.Īfter some search, the decision was certainly found. The usual troubleshooting methods (reboot, reinstallation, system rollback) did not help, so I decided to completely remove the browser from the system, and set it again.Īfter archiving passwords and bookmarks (Thanks MozBackup) I took up work.
Recently, after the update and some experiments with "Deep Settings", my Firefox began to "bug". So, in the case of Firefox, you need to perform a few more additional steps before removing Firefox completely. Not always the standard deletion procedure available in the installed operating system, really completely erases all the data of the desired application. In particular, if you do not completely remove Firefox, then when re-installing this browser may occur. Just remember to make a copy of your bookmarks and stash it away someplace safe before you do this stuff.Īnd start your new installation of Firefox with a brand new profile.If any application is not correctly removed from the computer, it may result in problems in the future use of the system.
If it is clean, then you can install Firefox again. Then restart Windows and look at your Registry. I have found it helpful to uninstall (or reinstall and uninstall) every version of Mozilla that I have, then expunge from the Registry every place where there is a reference to Mozilla or Firefox (and Firebird and Phoenix). When you have done this, go delete all the Firefox references. Then do the same with each version until none are left on your list. If it is not the version you are using, delete your current version, then reinstall and uninstall the most recent version in your list of Firefox installations. Uninstall the most recent of the Firefox versions you have listed there. The best way I have found is first to look at the list of programs Windows thinks you have installed (Add/Remove Programs). If you made Fx your default browser you will have under the. A number of them you will not need to delete-MRU (most recently used), etc. Use the edit features of Registry to find all the instances of Firefox.