How to remove SearchResultsDelivery

What is SearchResultsDelivery

SearchResultsDelivery falls under the category of browser hijackers – a type of software (usually extension) that installs unwanted changes in browser settings without users’ permission. Once installed, the homepage will change and all search queries will get redirected through the searchresultsdelivery.com domain and possibly other dubious intermediary pages. Unlike the majority of hijackers, SearchResultsDelivery can generate its own results, which may create a false sense of being useful. In fact, the displayed results should not be trusted as they can be linked with unwanted or even malicious pages. Keep in mind that developers of browser hijackers often pursue financial goals – by promoting affiliated content, generating fake traffic, and illegally collecting/selling browser-related information (e.g., browser history, IP-addresses, geolocations, cookies, etc.). Thus, it is highly advised to stay away from such unknown and unwanted software that may put your privacy and user experience at risk. Browser hijackers tend to install additional entries in the system to make traditional removal methods ineffective. If you are struggling to delete the unwanted extension (or program) on your own, follow our detailed guide to do it correctly – with specialized tools and step-by-step guidelines.

How SearchResultsDelivery infected your computer

Users may end up on rogue web pages that offer or trick into installing an ostensibly “useful” extension (like SearchResultsDelivery). The redirection to such pages often happens unintentionally – usually after clicking on third-party ads, hidden buttons, links, and other types of content. Further on, the unconsciously installed browser add-on may install a desktop application making removal more complicated for regular users. In other typical cases, unwanted software is distributed through bundled freeware installers (often repacks of free, pirated, or cracked software downloaded from unofficial third-party pages). These installers will likely contain additional offers hidden somewhere in the installation process. Unfortunately, since many users are eager to finish the installation faster, they end up overlooking and skipping promotional software. To avoid this, it is important to check the installation setup for additional sections (e.g., “Advanced”, “Custom”, etc.) and always opt for “Manual” over “Recommended” types of installation. Use only official or trustworthy pages for downloading software, and be careful using repacked software as it may contain unwanted software or even malware in some cases.

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

Remove SearchResultsDelivery manually for free

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

Note: SearchResultsDelivery 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 SearchResultsDelivery from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing SearchResultsDelivery you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “SearchResultsDelivery”. 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 SearchResultsDelivery from Windows XP:

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

Remove SearchResultsDelivery from Windows 7:

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

Remove SearchResultsDelivery 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 SearchResultsDelivery-related or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove SearchResultsDelivery from Windows 10:

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

Remove SearchResultsDelivery 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 SearchResultsDelivery-related 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 SearchResultsDelivery from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall SearchResultsDelivery in Windows

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

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

Cannot uninstall SearchResultsDelivery in MacOS

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling SearchResultsDelivery 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 SearchResultsDelivery-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 SearchResultsDelivery related 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 SearchResultsDelivery related 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 SearchResultsDelivery 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 SearchResultsDelivery related 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 SearchResultsDelivery from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable SearchResultsDelivery, 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 SearchResultsDelivery or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

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

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

SearchResultsDelivery installs a search engine 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 SearchResultsDelivery. 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:

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How to protect from threats, like SearchResultsDelivery, in future


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Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like SearchResultsDelivery 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 the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-virus programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like SearchResultsDelivery.

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