How do I get rid of AOL Search on my Taskbar?

I really appreciate the help i was lost until i found this page.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! You are now my hero. Why is it we never think of the obvious first. Luckily, you were here to help me see the light. Keep up the great work!

I hate AOL. With passions.

I uninstalled everything. Or so I thought.
But when I select and right-click text, there's still a menu option for AOL Toolbar Search. How can I get rid of this? Do I have to do some voodoo in the Registry?

Note -- I have NO AOL software currently installed. I do, however, still have AOL entries in the registry. What happens if I do a REGEDIT and zap them away? Will it do harm?

if you want to get rid of the aol toolbar on your internet explorer toolbar at the top of the screen, just click the arrow facing down next to the aol symbol and go to help, it will have the uninstall option there, hope this helps.

Dave, I don't even know how I found this just now..oh, I went to AOL keyword...go figure! LOL

I have a problem. All of my icons on bottom are gone and before they all "left, my speaker icon was gone and I can't figure out how to make my sound work. I have a new monitor. Do you think it could be the speakers on the monitor are defective? Please, any help in the world will do. I'm lost!

I did take the info above though and get that AOL search thing off the botto of my screen. Thanks

You rock! Thanks for you simple but impossible fix!!!

i have a 10 year old dell dimension xps 400. when i bought it, it was top of the line. still runs great with the new dsl. i have about 60% of my resources free(whatever that means). i wonder what would happen if i got rid of all the programs and file that i don't use. i click on start and there seems to be hundreds of thing i don't need in here. do i just right click and delete or is there more to it?

Hi Dave,

I just got Windows Vista. I'd like to disable the "AOL Search" box on the toolbar that displays my URL. Then I'd like to move the "File Edit View Favorites Tools Help" menu up to share the same bar as the URL box. Is that possible?

I've tried right-clicking on things, and configuring the bars in the View, to no avail. I've read one thing that said right click on an empty space in the tool bar and there is no empty space, nor do I get a menu that allows me to get rid of the #?&^% AOL Search box.

hi there i have recently switched isp and can`t remove the aol connection icon from my toolbar. can anyone help

my drop-down window does not look like yours; I WANT TO DELETE THE AOL/GOOGLE pop-up Search the Web. your answer didn't do it.
do not release or sell my e-mail.
thanks

A much easier way to AOL Search the Web pop-up window:
go to:
--AOL Key-Word:
--type in: "Search Window"
--Click "OPT OUT"
viola! success and relief!
to REVERSE(ENABLE)action:
go to:
--AOL Key-Word:
--type in: "Search Window"
--Click "OPT IN"

The AOL search was also driving me crazy. My drop down was not the same. Using the keyword method worked for me.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please your lil' heart. I forgot how to rid the AOL deskbar. You're a doll. I am bookmarking your site for future references!

Thank you so much for the OPT OUT AOL search hint. Glad i got rid of this!
Christine

You rock. Thank you very much for showing me how to "opt out" of the AOL Search at start up. Can I just tell you how nucking futs that drove me??? Free beer for you!!!

Hi Dave,

In explaining how to turn off the aol "search the web" pop-up, you write:

"It turns out that it's actually easy to turn off the AOL Search area once you realize that Windows thinks of it as another toolbar. Just right-click anywhere that the taskbar itself is empty and you'll see "Toolbars": simply disable the "AOL Deskbar" and it all vanishes:"

I cannot find "toolbars". I am using AOL 9.1. Do I need to download AOL Deskbar to access it?

Thanks in advance.

Peter

How Do I get Rid of AOL Search Pop-Up when I start up AOL?!?

Dave, How do I get rid of my aol account?

Now that AOL has gotten a bit craftier in the 9.* version; could you update this question please. How do we get rid of AOL in our task bar now?

I do not get the Opt Out button when I enter keyword:search window. Any other tips on how to "get rid of the #?&^% AOL Search box"?

I too do not get the Opt out but get a web page search instead! any other ideas on how to get rid of the Aol search would be appreciated!

I have a problem with a popup on my toolbar, system security, I tried the imfo on aol but had no luck, please help

You rock..I got my aol web search window closed in about 60 seconds..thank you !!
Barb

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I installed IE, and much to my dismay, the aol search had parked itself right smack dab in the middle of my toolbar. I tried the right click thing....and POOF it was gone!!! I wish I could right click on some of the people I know and get that same result!

That AOL Searchbox has a link right in it, "About This Page"; click on it and the opt out option is right there, a very short scroll down.

I don't think I'm having the same problem as everyone else... when I open IE and I click to open a "New Tab" right under "File, Edit...etc" and above the "what do you want to do next" question on the blank page. I have "Search For or Navigate To: (for example, "www.aim.com" or "mp3 players") powered by AIM Search" at the bottom of that little search box it says "What is this" when clicked it displays this message... "This New Tab Search and Navigation Bar will help you get where you want to go on the web.
Just start typing a word or a web address (URL) into the box above, and you will be given options about what you want to do next.
If you do not want to use this feature, you can turn it off by clicking the [X] in the upper-right side corner or uninstall the Toolbar."

I do not have a Toolbar installed. I have checked in Add/remove programs, I have checked all my IE settings... nothing. I have even uninstalled my AIM. I have ran spyware cleaners... I am at a loss of how to get rid of this darn thing. Clicking they "X" basically just hides it on that page only... Open a new tab - bam it's there again. Any info to remove this would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Laura

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