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How to remove distro-specific "branding" from Firefox in Linux Mint

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I just switched from Ubuntu to Mint and I'd like to remove the Mint-branded Google custom search "feature" which does some strange things to the styling of the results page. I went into Synaptic and removed but it didn't help.

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Fix for: How to remove distro-specific "branding" from Firefox in Linux Mint

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From here: Deleting The Custom Search The XML files for Firefox search engines are located here: Inside this directory you should find a google.xml file which contains the Mint custom search fields. Back this file up and remove it. or from here 1) G…

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