How to Remove FilmFanatic Toolbar within A Few Clicks

Toolbar, as the name implies, is a program providing extra functions on web browsers. The question is: do you really need those additional buttons?

Sometimes it sneaks into your PC through a freeware’s installation when you keep clicking the “Next” buttons, neglecting those options’ default setting —- take FilmFanatic Toolbar as an example: “Install FilmFanatic Toolbar,” or “Set your homepage as home.tb.ask.com.” The moment you finished installing the program, the toolbar as well has successfully inhabited on your web browser.

It compulsorily displays its own search box (search.tb.ask.com) right below your browser’s default one or on the homepage it secretly replaced with (home.tb.ask.com). Using its search box, you will see sponsored links and advertisements being presented in your search results, meanwhile the search terms will be collected from your queries.

By now you may realize how much you want to get over it. Every time after you open your browser, right-click the toolbar to remove it, it keeps coming back just like the old times; you went through the “Start” menu, but couldn’t find its uninstalling program.

That’s fine, because this page is going to teach you how to completely uninstall FilmFanatic Toolbar.

Manually remove FilmFanatic Toolbar

1. Remove the plug-in from Your Computer.

The plug-in may include several programs, such as FilmFanatic Toolbar Chrome Extension, FilmFanatic Firefox Toolbar, FilmFanatic Internet Explorer Toolbar, etc. They are all those you need to delete from your computer. Steps are as follows:

(1) Open the Control Panel;

Windows 8 user: two choices: (i) hover your mouse pointer at the lower right corner → Select “Search” → type in “control panel” → press “Enter” key → click on “Uninstall a program” under the Programs section;

(ii) Double-click “This PC” on desktop → click on “Open Control Panel” → click “Uninstall a program” under the Programs section;

Windows 7 user: click the “Start” button at the lower left corner → select “Control Panel” → click on “Uninstall a program” under the Programs section;

(2) You can see all the programs being listed in “Add/uninstall a program” on the pop-up window.

If you find FilmFanatic Toolbar, or any of those above-mentioned programs in the list, it is definitely the target you need to hit;

Double-click it to activate its uninstaller program. After clicking a few “Next”s and a “finish” button, the plug-in shall be gone.

(2) Uninstall FilmFanatic Toolbar from web browsers (Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer).

In some cases, after you visit a website, the plug-in can be automatically added to your web browser without taking an installation package, which means you may not notice until the next time you open the browser.

If so, you will not able to track it in the program list of Control Panel. To correctly remove it, you need to manually restore your web browser’s setting (undo the unwanted changes).

I am hereby respectively giving specific methods for removing FilmFanatic Toolbar from three widely-used browsers.

Remove FilmFanatic Toolbar from Firefox

Method One:
(1) Open Firefox → click the orange “Firefox” button at the upper left corner → click “Help” → “Troubleshooting Information”;

(2) Click on “Reset Firefox…” button showed on the right.

(3) Firefox will close and be reset by itself, after which a window will show up, listing the details imported. You may click on the “Finish” button, and Firefox will open.

Method Two:
(1) Open Firefox → click the orange “Firefox” button at the upper left corner → choose “Add-ons”;

(2) Click the “Extensions” tab → click on “Remove” button appeared in the item of FilmFanatic Toolbar;

(3) To reset the default search engine and homepage of Firefox from the toolbar’s website to its own default, download the SearchReset on:  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/ → install it, and use it to restore the default homepage.

Remove FilmFanatic Toolbar from Google Chrome

(1) Open Google Chrome → click on (menu) at the upper right corner → select “Tools” → click “Extensions”;

(2) The “Extension” tab will be presented like a web page, click on icon to remove the plug-in;

(3) To set the default search engine of Google Chrome from search.tb.ask.com to Google, click on  (menu) at the upper right corner → select “Settings” → click “Manage search engines” in Search section → select Google, and click on “Make Default” button appeared → find FilmFanatic Toolbar in the list, and click on “X” button at the right side;

(4) To change the homepage of Google Chrome from home.tb.ask.com to its own default, click on (menu) → select “Settings” → click “Open the New Tab page” under the “On Startup” section;

Last but not least: Remove FilmFanatic Toolbar from Internet Explorer

(1) Open Internet Explorer → click on the gear icon at the upper right corner → select “Internet options;”

(2) Click the “Advanced” tab in the box appeared → click on the “Reset” button

(3) Select the “Delete personal settings” in the Reset Internet Explorer Setting box → click “Reset;”

(4) Wait until the resetting is finished → click “Close” in the confirmation dialogue box → click “OK;”

(5) Re-open Internet Explorer.

Shortcut for Removing FilmFanatic Toolbar

• Download, install, and start Max Uninstaller;
• Choose FilmFanatic Toolbar icon, and click “Run Analysis” in Step 1;
• Select the item presented, click “Complete Uninstall”, and click “Next” on the pop-up window to proceed the uninstall;
• Remove it from relevant web browser with Max Uninstaller’s Plug-in Cleaner;

• When it tells you “Please wait while it initializes the uninstall process.”, click “Scan Leftovers”;
• Select the item displayed in Step 3, and click “Delete Leftovers”.

Isn’t it just the work of a few clicks before the stubborn toolbar being kicked out? With the help of Max Uninstaller, you don’t have to remove FilmFanatic Toolbar and other annoying programs by going through Control Panel or Registry Editor.

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