Templates App - How to remove

Templates App is a browser add-on that allows searching a few template sites on your browser’s new tab. When installed, it replaces the new tab page with its own.

The new tab used by Templates App lacks many customization features that can be found on vanilla new tabs, as well as many popular new tab extensions. Overall, it seems unnecessary for Templates App to replace the new tab when it could work perfectly well from a much less intrusive extension pop-up.

Templates App in short:

Classification	Potentially unwanted program.
How Templates App changes the browser	It replaces the new tab page, it allows searching three template websites from the new tab.
Problems and issues	The extension unnecessarily replaces the new tab page, it restricts which search engine can be used to search from the new tab.
How to remove Templates App	Uninstall it from your browser, use antivirus apps (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac) to protect your device.

Is Templates App safe?

Templates App searches for templates

Templates App is a browser extension. Very similar to Template Search by Tightrope Interactive, Templates App replaces your browser’s new tab page and allows searching for templates in various categories: brochures, presentations, business cards, flyers. etc.

Templates App finds templates from Template.net, Office.com, and Canva.com (though the latter often lead to a 404). It also shows ads on these search results.

In addition, the Templates App new tab has a bunch of widgets, including a weather display, a to-do list, notes, and a few background pictures to personalize the new tab page.

It promotes Yahoo search

On its new tab page, Templates App promotes Yahoo search. There’s no setting to change the search engine used by the search box in the new tab. Luckily, searches from the address bar should be unaffected.

It is very common for browser extensions to push a certain search engine. The developers know that few users want to use Yahoo.com or Bing.com to search the internet, but they make money from their search partners, so it is what it is.

Templates App is potentially unwanted

There’s no benefit to the user to have their search engine options on the new tab restricted. This doesn’t make Templates App dangerous, but it’s still a problem: why does Templates App take over the new tab at all? Why not show the template search page after the user clicks on Templates App’s icon? It would be just as convenient and far less intrusive.

But that would make it difficult to monetize Templates App, I suppose.

As it is, users must trade their new tab page, which they might have painstakingly customized to make it their own, for Templates App’s subpar page.

How to remove Templates App

If you like Templates App, then there’s no harm in keeping it. But although Templates App is not harmful, it’s also not helpful.

Also, know that you can customize your browser and create something far better than what Templates App is offering without having to compromise on your search preferences and privacy:

• customize the new tab page and pin links to important sites,
• bookmark your favorite sites for quick access,
• add custom search engines to search sites directly.

You can uninstall Templates App manually as described in the instructions below. It’s also a good idea to review your other browser add-ons – if you have any that you don’t use or that you didn’t install, it might be wise to remove or disable them. After all, extensions are generally bad for privacy, so letting too many of them onboard your browser is risky.

Antivirus apps, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, and others, can also help find suspicious and potentially unwanted apps and files.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manual removal instructions

TopRemoving Templates App from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Templates App. Click on the trash bin icon next to Templates App or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Templates App, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Templates App from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Templates App. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Templates App or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Templates App from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Templates App related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Templates App, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.