How to remove Mystart Incredibar

What is Mystart Incredibar

Mystart Incredibar is considered an unwanted browser add-on that modifies browser settings to promote its homepage under mystart.incredibar.com and change the default search engine to MyStart. Users who have it installed will spot a vivid change in their homepage appearance – a number of new shortcuts, for instance. Depending on which version of Incredibar Toolbar affected the browser, it will promote access to online flash games or music-related features. Although such functionalities may sometimes be useful, they are promoted by unwanted software and therefore should not be trusted. Browsing with unwanted toolbars/hijackers is also likely to bring you into facing deceptive ads that could be potentially involved in the promotion of suspicious content. What is more, such software may also be capable of tracking sensitive browser information (e.g., passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, etc.). This means any valuable data collected by cybercriminals may be shared or sold to shady third-party figures. Incredibar Toolbar was spotted targeting browsers like Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox the most, however, it is also likely that users may be affected in other popular ones too. For safety reasons, it is important to delete Mystart Incredibar from your system. It may sometimes be hard to do on your own due to anti-deletion algorithms endorsed by such software, thus, we encourage you to use our guide below for working instructions on how to succeed.

How Mystart Incredibar infected your computer

Users can be redirected to Mystart Incredibar official webpage through unwanted ad chains and become deceived into downloading the toolbar directly from it. However, a more likely option of how it could get installed in your system is if you run an installation wizard of some third-party software downloaded from the web. It is normally pirated, cracked, or simply free software that often contains additional offers inside of installation setups. The setup could ask whether you desire to change your homepage to MyStart, however, since many users are rushing and do not pay attention to it, it could very well be installed without your consent. Thus, it is important to be careful while using unofficial software – always check it for additional programs and deselect them, if any. We also recommend you avoid downloading software from pages that get opened through various ads.

1. Download Mystart Incredibar Removal Tool
2. Remove Mystart Incredibar from Control Panel and Applications
3. Remove Mystart Incredibar extensions from browsers
4. Reset browser search and homepage settings
5. Alternative way to remove Mystart Incredibar search redirects
6. Clean browser shortcuts from Mystart Incredibar
7. How to protect from threats like Mystart Incredibar

Remove Mystart Incredibar manually for free

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

Note: Mystart Incredibar can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove Mystart Incredibar from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Mystart Incredibar you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Mystart Incredibar”. 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, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, or Mac.

Remove Mystart Incredibar from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Mystart Incredibar from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Mystart Incredibar 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 Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Mystart Incredibar from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Mystart Incredibar 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 Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious program 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 Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Mystart Incredibar from Windows 11:

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the Apps tab on the left side.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Mystart Incredibar or other recently installed suspicious program in the list.
5. Click on 3-dots icon near it and then click Uninstall button near it.
6. Depending on the type of application (Windows Store app or classic Win32 app) it will be removed immediately or you will need to confirm the action and go through standard uninstall procedure.

Remove Mystart Incredibar from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. Mystart Incredibar might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag Mystart Incredibar from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Mystart Incredibar in Windows

In some cases, Mystart Incredibar won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Mystart Incredibar. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Mystart Incredibar folder and files. This happens because the 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 Mystart Incredibar 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 Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious program

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

Cannot uninstall Mystart Incredibar in MacOS

If you can’t uninstall Mystart Incredibar using the instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Mystart Incredibar. Follow the instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag Mystart Incredibar from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Mystart Incredibar.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Mystart Incredibar from Control Panel or Applications often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove the Mystart Incredibar extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find Mystart Incredibar extension.
4. Click the Remove button 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. Find Mystart Incredibar extension.
4. Click three-dots icon near it and choose Remove in the menu.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find Mystart Incredibar extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) edge://extensions.
3. Find Mystart Incredibar extension.
4. Click Remove link under the name of extension.
5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
6. 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 Mystart Incredibar from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling the program from Control Panel. To disable Mystart Incredibar, 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 Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Mystart Incredibar 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 Mystart Incredibar or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Mystart Incredibar installs a search engine (mystart.com, mystart.incredibar.com), that hijacks your browsers. Here is the instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab, and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. On the left panel expand Advanced options.
4. Choose Reset and clean up.
5. Click on Restore settings to their original defaults link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Google Chrome > Settings > Advanced

Reset and clean up

Reset Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox:

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

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Microsoft Edge:

1. Start Microsoft Edge browser
2. Click on 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choose Settings.
3. On the left panel find and click Reset settings option.
4. Click on Restore settings to their default values link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

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. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
2. Choose Settings and click Advanced on the left side and choose Browser.
3. Scroll down to the very bottom and click on Restore settings to their original defaults link.
4. Confirm by clicking Reset button.

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 Mystart Incredibar. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

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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:

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