How to remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar

What is EasyPDFCombine Toolbar

EasyPDFCombine Toolbar by MindSpark is unwanted browser extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. This is toolbar, that provides access to online tools for PDF to DOC conversion, translation and merging documents. But in addition to that, application modifies browser search and homepage settings to hp.myway.com, that is well-known unwanted search engine. It looks like Google, but offers doubtful, third-party advertising, that may lead to potentially dangerous or malicious websites. Besides, this add-on creates many leftover folder and files inside user folders. Many users complain, that they cannot uninstall EasyPDFCombine Toolbar and restore preferred browser settings. That’s why we’ve written this technical article to help you remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from browsers in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP.

How EasyPDFCombine Toolbar infected your PC

EasyPDFCombine Toolbar can be installed with other programs from MindSpark, for example, SlimWare Utilities. It is also promoted via ads on popular queries, when users search for programs to work with PDF documents. It can also be bundled with various kinds of freeware programs. Unfortunately, most antivirus programs don’t prevent bundled installations and don’t have EasyPDFCombine Toolbar in database. That is why, there are special programs called “anti-malware”, that can detect and remove potentially unwanted applications. Among the best are SpyHunter 5 and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware.

Download Removal Tool

Download Removal Tool

To remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar completely we recommend you to use SpyHunter 5. It detects and removes all files, folders and registry keys of EasyPDFCombine Toolbar and several millions of other adware, hijackers, toolbars.

Remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar manually for free

Here is manual step-by-step tutorial for full EasyPDFCombine Toolbar removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of EasyPDFCombine Toolbar installer on operating systems with latest updates and browser versions.

Remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Control Panel

To start removing EasyPDFCombine Toolbar you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “EasyPDFCombine” or just “EasyPDFCombine Toolbar”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find EasyPDFCombine Toolbar.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find EasyPDFCombine Toolbar and click Uninstall.

Remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find EasyPDFCombine Toolbar, click Uninstall.

Remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate EasyPDFCombine Toolbar in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate EasyPDFCombine Toolbar in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall EasyPDFCombine Toolbar

In some cases EasyPDFCombine Toolbar won’t uninstall and gives you message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall EasyPDFCombine Toolbar. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing EasyPDFCombine Toolbar folder and files. This happens, because process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall EasyPDFCombine Toolbar in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove “EasyPDFCombine Toolbar”

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Control Panel often does not bring desired effect. It sometimes have browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions/.
3. Find EasyPDFCombine Toolbar.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose EasyPDFCombine Toolbar.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove EasyPDFCombine Toolbar from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable EasyPDFCombine Toolbar, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable EasyPDFCombine Toolbar.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, EasyPDFCombine Toolbar does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find EasyPDFCombine Toolbar extension.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

EasyPDFCombine Toolbar installs search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is instruction to reset your browsers homepage, newtab and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings/.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including related to EasyPDFCombine Toolbar. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Download Avast Browser Cleanup

Cleaning browsers shortcuts

You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

Download Shortcut Cleaner

Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like EasyPDFCombine Toolbar may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of antimalware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and antimalware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like EasyPDFCombine Toolbar.