I recently installed Adobe Acrobat X on mac, and when I opened up firefox I noticed that I got a new addon titled "Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF 1.0." The uninstall and disable buttons are not greyed out, but when I try to uninstall the addon and restart firefox it's still there. I could not find a settings in adobe acrobat to disable this addon, but one peculiar point was in preferences under "internet" the "display pdf in browser using" option was checked and greyed out. However, I do not know whether this is pertinent to this problem. How do I get rid of the addon? Adobe acrobat x did not install any additional plugins. Any help would be appreciated.
The reason you can't remove it in the way you were expecting is because it loads via a plug-in instead of as an add-on extension.
There are a few methods of removing it from Firefox, depending on what degree of removal you want:
- Turn off the toolbar in Firefox.
1. Choose View > Toolbars.
2. Click to uncheck Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF.
- Disable the plug-in in Firefox.
1. Choose Tools > Add-Ons.
2. Click the Plugins tab/section.
3. Locate and then click on the Adobe Acrobat - Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox.
4. Click Disable. Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
- Uninstall the plug-in.
1. Open the Add Or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Programs And Features (Windows 7/Vista) item in the Control Panel.
2. Locate and then click on Acrobat X.
3. Click Change (or Uninstall/Change).
4. Click Next.
5. Click Modify.
6. In the list, expand Create Adobe PDF.
7. Expand Adobe PDFMaker.
8. Locate Mozilla Firefox.
9. Click the install options button to the left of Firefox and choose This Feature Will Not Be Available.
10. Click Next, and then click Update. Once the installer finishes, the plug-in should be removed.
There are a few methods of removing it from Firefox, depending on what degree of removal you want:
- Turn off the toolbar in Firefox.
1. Choose View > Toolbars.
2. Click to uncheck Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF.
- Disable the plug-in in Firefox.
1. Choose Tools > Add-Ons.
2. Click the Plugins tab/section.
3. Locate and then click on the Adobe Acrobat - Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox.
4. Click Disable. Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
- Uninstall the plug-in.
1. Open the Add Or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Programs And Features (Windows 7/Vista) item in the Control Panel.
2. Locate and then click on Acrobat X.
3. Click Change (or Uninstall/Change).
4. Click Next.
5. Click Modify.
6. In the list, expand Create Adobe PDF.
7. Expand Adobe PDFMaker.
8. Locate Mozilla Firefox.
9. Click the install options button to the left of Firefox and choose This Feature Will Not Be Available.
10. Click Next, and then click Update. Once the installer finishes, the plug-in should be removed.