How to Remove Acrobat Reader Add-Ons From Firefox
If you have the Adobe Acrobat Reader add-on for Mozilla Firefox installed, there may come a time when you want to remove it. Perhaps it's causing problems, or you've found a new add-on that better fits your needs. Whatever your reason is for doing it, you can remove the Adobe Acrobat Reader add-on just as easily as you installed it.
Instructions
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Open Mozilla Firefox and allow it to completely load on your screen.
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Select "Add-ons" found in the Mozilla Firefox Tools Menu. The Add-ons dialog box will load.
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Select "Extensions or Themes." Select "Adobe Acrobat Reader" in the populated list. Select "Uninstall." Close and restart Mozilla Firefox. After Mozilla Firefox restarts if your Acrobat Reader Plug-in is not uninstalled, then it is locked. If this is the case, continue to Step 4.
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Start Mozilla Firefox in Safe Mode. Select "Start" and scroll up to the "Search" text box (if you are using a version of Windows earlier than Vista, select "Run"). Type in the following into the Search text box: "firefox -safe-mode" (without quotation marks). Press "Enter."
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Select "Continue in Safe Mode" on the Firefox Safe Mode dialog box. Begin Steps 1-3 just as you did in Normal Mode. Once you have finished uninstalling close and restart Mozilla Firefox.
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