How to Remove ask.com Search From Google Chrome in 2025

In this tutorial, we will show you exactly how to remove ask.com search from Google Chrome. Simply follow the steps below.

Delete ask.com Search From Google Chrome 

Follow the steps below to delete and uninstall the Ask Toolbar including the ask.com search engine from Chrome.

1. Remove the ‘Ask Search for Chrome’ Extension

In your address bar type ‘chrome://extensions’ then hit Enter to open the list of all installed extensions. Locate the Ask Search for Chrome extension.

Click on Remove and confirm by selecting Remove again in the pop-up window. This should uninstall the ‘Ask Search for Chrome’ extension.

2. Remove ask.com From the List of Search Engines

Open the Chrome settings by typing ‘chrome://settings’ in the address bar and press Enter. Scroll down to locate the Search engine section then click on it.

Next, select Manage search engines and site search to view the list of search engines in your Chrome.

In the ‘Site search’ section, click on the three dots menu that aligns with ask.com and choose Delete from the drop down options. This step will prevent ask.com from reappearing as an option in the future.

3. Restore Default Settings

Still in Settings, scroll down and click on the Reset settings section. Choose Restore settings to their original defaults to remove any remaining traces of the Ask extension and search engine changes.

A confirmation prompt will appear, asking you to verify the restoration to default settings in Chrome. Click Reset Settings to proceed. This will restore your Google Chrome settings to their defaults, affecting shortcuts, extensions, cookies, history, saved passwords, and more.

We hope that you now have a better understanding of how to remove and uninstall ask.com search on Chrome. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like our articles on how to fix Google Chrome search engine that keeps on changing to Bing and how to remove Yahoo search engine from Chrome.