4 ways to remove Ask toolbar from Google Chrome

You may have accidentally downloaded the Ask toolbar on your computer. The Ask Toolbar is a search engine and toolbar available with other free programs like Java or an Adobe update. It therefore replaces your default search engine and your home page will be search.ask.com. To remove this toolbar from Chrome, you can try to remove it through Chrome options, but it may be necessary to use other techniques.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Remove Ask Toolbar from Chrome

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Step 1. Click the Chrome menu button in the browser toolbar, select Tools then click on Extensions.

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Step 2. Select the Extensions tab.

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Step 3. Eliminate the Ask toolbar by clicking on the small trash can next to it

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Step 4. Click on the Chrome menu button again

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Step 5. Click Settings

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Step 6. Select Manage Search Engines

It's in the Research section.

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Step 7. Configure Chrome's default search engine on Google.com by clicking Use Default and select Google

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Step 8. Look for Ask

com in the search engine list. Delete it by clicking on X.

Method 2 of 4: Remove the Ask Toolbar if the above method doesn't work

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Step 1. See if you get the following message on the Extensions page

“This extension is managed and cannot be uninstalled or deactivated."

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Step 2. Close Chrome

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Step 3. Right click on an empty area of the taskbar

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Step 4. Select Task Manager

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Step 5. Click the Processes tab

See if chrome.exe * 32 is running and select it if it is.

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Step 6. Click End Process

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Step 7. Open the Control Panel

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Step 8. Select Programs and Features

It can also be Add and remove programs or simply Programs (depending on your operating system). For Windows 8 users, right click in the lower left corner and select Control panel then select Uninstall a program.

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Step 9. Uninstall the Ask Toolbar and its Update

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Step 10. Restart your computer

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Step 11. Go to Disk Cleanup

You can search for this option in the search box by clicking on the Windows Start menu.

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Step 12. Select your hard drive (probably C)

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Step 13. Click OK to clean the disk out

Wait while the operation completes.

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Step 14. Click on the Chrome menu

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Step 15. Select Settings

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Step 16. Click Show advanced settings

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Step 17. Choose Content Settings

It's in the "Confidentiality" section.

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Step 18. Delete all cookies in the “Cookies and site data” section

Method 3 of 4: Scan with antivirus software

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Step 1. Download Malwarebytes for free

You can find it at malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ to make sure there is no more malware on your computer.

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Step 2. Double-click to install the program

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Step 3. Keep the default settings

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Step 4. Click Finish

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Step 5. Select Perform a quick scan

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Step 6. Click Scanner

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Step 7. Wait for the scan to finish, then click View Results

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Step 8. Locate the malware discovered as a result, select all and click Remove

Method 4 of 4: Remove the Ask toolbar with the tool from Ask.com

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Step 1. Download the tool from Ask.com

apnmedia.ask.com/media/toolbar/utilities/ToolbarRemover.exe.

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Step 2. Close the Chrome browser

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Step 3. Run the cleaner you downloaded

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Step 4. Restart Chrome

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Step 5. Observe that the Ask extension is now gone

Advice

Make sure you never intentionally install the Ask Toolbar.
The Ask toolbar is included with Java. You need to be very careful during the installation process to avoid installing it while you are installing or updating Java.

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