How to Remove Bing from Computer

In this article, the wikiHow will show you how to remove the Bing search engine from your computer and web browser. Bing is often used with browser hijackers or other malicious software that sets Bing as your homepage or search engine. They are also sometimes called “navigation viruses”. If this malware is not removed from the computer, even after changing the homepage of the browser, it can still transfer it to Bing. However, by scanning your entire computer, removing suspicious software, cleaning or resetting your web browser, you can completely remove Bing from your computer.

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Run Windows Defender

Open Start

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(Begin). Click on the window icon located in the lower left corner of the taskbar or press the ⊞ Win key to open the Start menu.

Scroll down and click Windows Defender . Windows’ built-in anti-virus software, Windows Defender, will be opened.

Click the Update tab and click Update definitions . The list of detected viruses and malware will be updated for virus scanning.

Tap the Home tab and the Full scan option.

Click Scan now . Windows Defender will start scanning for malware on the computer. Depending on the machine, this process can take anywhere from 3 to 4 hours.

Remove any threats found. When any threats are found:

Click the History tab.
Click Quarantined items .
Click View details .
Click Remove all .

Uninstall Bing software

Open Start

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. Click on the window icon located in the lower left corner of the taskbar or press the ⊞ Win key to open the Start menu.

Press

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(Establish). It’s the wheel-shaped icon on the left side of the Start menu.

Tap Apps .

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Find unusual software and toolbars. Find the suspicious software on the list and sort it by date of installation to detect newly installed software (this is useful if the problem is recent). Note any software that includes the words “search”, “web” or “topbar”. Beware of the following software, as they are known as part of Bing: ^{[1] X Research Source}

Babylon
Bing Bar
Bing.Vc
Bing Protect
Conduit
Search Module
Search Protect

Select the software you want to remove and click Uninstall . Follow the instructions to remove the software. Repeat this process for any suspicious software that you want to remove from your computer.

Remove Bing from Windows Search (Windows Search)

Open Start

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. Click the window icon located at the bottom right of the taskbar or press the ⊞ Win key to open the Start menu.

Tap the Cortana button on the taskbar. It’s the little blue circle near the Start menu’s Search field.

Click on the gear icon located on the left side of the Search window.

Switch “Search online and include web results” to OFF

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(Turn off). Then, Windows search will not return Bing search results.

Check Browser Shortcuts

Go to the shortcut you use to open the web browser. It can be any button that you still use to open the browser every time you want to surf the web, such as the Google Chrome button on the taskbar or the Firefox link on the desktop.

Right click on the shortcut. A menu will appear.

Click Properties at the bottom of the menu.

If you don’t see the “Properties” option, but only see a different icon for the browser, right-click the new browser icon first, then click “Properties”.

Check the Target text box. Here is the full address of your web browser. It starts with something like “C:/Program Files/…” and ends with “.exe”. This address must end here. Take a look and check to see if any links or URLs appear after that.

Remove any URLs or commands added. If you find any extra URLs or commands after the “.exe” section in the Target text box, highlight and delete them. It can be anything with a dash (such as “–”) followed by a keyword.

Repeat this process for other browsers on your computer. Even if you don’t use it often, check any browser shortcuts for a URL or an added command line that can navigate the browser home page, such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge.

Remove from Google Chrome

Go to https://www.google.com/chrome/cleanup-top (cleaning tool) in the Chrome browser.

Click Download Now . A window will be opened.

Click Accept and Download . Chrome Cleanup Top for Windows will be downloaded.

You may have to choose a location to save the downloaded file and click Save first.

Run Chrome Cleanup Top. Double click on the downloaded file and select YES when asked if you want to run it.

Follow instructions. Chrome will be cleaned and restarted when done.

You may still need to manually reset Chrome’s homepage.

Remove from Firefox

Open Firefox.

Click . It’s located in the upper-right corner of the Firefox window.

Click the button ? . It’s a small circular icon with a question mark in the center and at the bottom of the drop-down menu.

Click Troubleshooting Information . This is the option near the middle of the drop-down list.

Click Refresh Firefox (Reload Firefox). It is located at the top right of the troubleshooting page.

Click Refresh Firefox again to confirm. Firefox will load and restart.

If the problem is still not resolved, repeat the process but select Restart with Add-ons Disabled . If the problem is resolved by now, you will have to remove all Firefox add-ons.

Change homepage on Firefox . To do so:

Press .
Click Options on PC or Preferences on Mac.
Type the new Home URL or click Restore to Default .

Remove from Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer.

Click the gear icon. This icon is located at the top left of the browser window.

Click on Internet Options .

Select the Advanced tab.

Press Reset .

Press Reset again to confirm.

Select Close and then click OK .

Restart the computer. Any changes and default settings will take effect. ^{[2] X Trusted Source Microsoft Support Go to Source}

You’ll probably still have to manually change Internet Explorer’s home page.

Steps

Run Windows Defender

Uninstall Bing software

Remove Bing from Windows Search (Windows Search)

Check Browser Shortcuts

Remove from Google Chrome

Remove from Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

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