A Yahoo Toolbar recently showed up at the top of the MyYahoo page. It shows up just below the Safari toolbar. I have checked and there does not seem to be a Safari extension controlling this.
Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Try control clicking the Yahoo toolbar then click Remove or Delete.
Control clicking brings up 4 options: Reload Page, Open in Dashboard, Save Page As and Print Page.
I have tried every possible combination using Control, Shift, Option and Command. Those 4 options are the only ones that ever show up.
Ok ...
Check ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
~/Library/Application Support
~/Library/Input Methods
and /Library/Internet Plug-Ins
and /Library/Application Support
and /Library/Input Methods
message edited by: cs
I checked all of those places and found nothing that is easily identifiable as belonging to Yahoo.
I remembered that I had an external hard drive with a system image on it that I had not used in at least a year. I reasoned that, if this toolbar was added as an extension or plug-in that had been installed in the last 3-6 months, if I booted from the external hard drive it would not show up.
I booted from the external drive, started Safari and went to My.Yahoo and signed in and the extra toolbar showed up.
From this I conclude that, unlike some other extra toolbars I have seen discussed, this extra toolbar is a hard-coded feature of the My.Yahoo pages and is not done using extensions or plug-ins that could be removed by the end user.
I think I need to extend my search for a Yahoo setting or "preference" to tweak.
If that is the case, it would seem I should redirect my discussion of this issue to some sort of Yahoo forum.
Do you concur? I will start to locate whatever Yahoo forums I can (and if I find the answer, will come back here and post a link). In the meantime, do you have any particular suggestions as to where I should look?
Do you mean this ?
which they've added to flickr too...
If so, it can be blocked with http://safariadblock.com/ & others.
That was exactly what I meant.
And that solved my problem because now I do not see that toolbar.
Since it solved my problem at the basic level, I have indicated "This solved my question"
I have a follow-up question, though: Now, instead of the toolbar, I see a space of that height with nothing in it. Did I miss something, or is it possible to shrink that space to zero height?
Message was edited by: WS
It's completely missing here, no space, on my.yahoo.com - check your custom filter settings in adblock, the one created after I blocked it is as follows...
my.yahoo.com##DIV[id="yucs-top-bar"][class="yucs-ps"]
My filter setting is the same.
By the way, the same thing happens when I choose to hide the Yahoo search area -- I get about a one-inch area at the top of the window where the Yahoo search area used to be.
What happens when you do that?
I have customized the look of my My.Yahoo pages. I wonder if that might be the difference. Is your customized?
>>Is your customized?
No
>>What happens when you do that?
The same as you describe - you'd need to alter the css using something like Quickstyle to override the html{padding-top:83px!important; which retains the gap regardless of removing the elements within.
padding-top:0px!important; works here - see the screenshot below. Do record any quickstyle settings elsewhere, and/or note the warning on the page about removing local storage.
I occasionally get oddness while playing with quickstyle - a tab won't close or refresh, the QS changes persist after disabling it & refreshing repeatedly, until quitting Safari - for example. (see this, although I've not tried it)
Well, I think I will let someone else pursue that.
After 43 years of IT analysis, architecture, design and development, I am quite satisfied with the fact the Yahoo toolbar no longer shows up. No need to pursue this further.
Thanks again.
Hey William,
I was having the same issue before,i got some input please take a look,might solve your problem.It is just a address, redirecting overtime you open your safari.
1)How to disable my.yahoo.com search in safari?
or
Safari > Preferences > General > New windows open with: Empty page
Regards
Pranta Gogoi
Software Engineer
Cisco
Can anyone tell me how to remove the Yahoo Toolbar?
