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32 <title>Installing Google Gears
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38 <h1>Installing Google Gears
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42 <h1>Installing Google Gears
</h1>
43 <p>Visit
<a href=
"http://gears.google.com/">gears.google.com
</a> to install Google Gears on your computer.
44 <p>To find out how your web application can offer Google Gears installation to users, see
<a href=
"design.html#detecting">Nuts and Bolts: Detecting and Installing Google Gears
</a>.
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47 <h1>Uninstalling Google Gears
</h1>
48 <h2>Windows XP or Vista
</h2>
49 <p>Uninstall Gears by using
<strong>Add or Remove Programs
</strong> (on XP) or
<strong>Programs and Features
</strong> (on Vista) from the Windows Control Panel.
</p>
51 <li>In the Windows Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs
</li>
52 <li>Click on the entry for Google Gears
</li>
53 <li>Click Remove
</li>
55 <h1>Mac OS/X and Linux
</h1>
56 <p>Uninstall Gears by removing the Google Gears Firefox extension.
</p>
58 <li>In Firefox, select Tools
> Extensions (Firefox
1.x) or Tools
> Add-ons (Firefox
2.0+) from the menu
</li>
59 <li>Click the Google Gears entry, and click Uninstall
</li>
60 <li>Restart Firefox
</li>