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Remove Selected Internet Explorer Toolbar Buttons (All Windows) Popular

These settings allow you to hide and disable specific buttons on the Internet Explorer toolbar.

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Open your registry and find the key below, creating it if it does not already exist.

Create a new DWORD value called "SpecifyDefaultButtons" and set it to "1" to enable the removal of buttons.

In addition create a new DWORD value and set the value to "2" for each button you want to remove from the list below.

Restart Internet Explorer for the changes to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|SpecifyDefaultButtonsREG_DWORD0x00000001 (1)|
|Btn_BackREG_DWORD0x00000002 (2)|
|Btn_RefreshREG_DWORD0x00000002 (2)|
|Btn_SearchREG_DWORD0x00000002 (2)|
|Btn_PrintREG_DWORD0x00000002 (2)|
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|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...|
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Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: SpecifyDefaultButtons
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

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Last modified: April 18, 2002