Removing uninstallable Firefox extensions
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Mar 15, 2026848 viewsConfidence Score0%
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How do I remove an extension from Firefox where the 'Uninstall' button is greyed out in the add-ons dialog? I primarily want to remove the .Net framework assistant that recently appeared and AVG's safe search add on. UPDATE It seems Mozilla are remotely disabling the Microsoft plugins!
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If you run the AVG install again you can remove the safe search. Most stuff can be found in your profiles folder if you want to remove it manually. This lives under your user profile application data folder under mozilla firefox profiles. The actual…
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