Removing Google search bar from home page on Droid phone???

Cannot seem to to find a current answer other than no, not possible.

Past solutions have been dragging it to trash.This solution does not work and is years old.
Changing launchers. I have tried Nova but it had no luck with that.

Any ideas? Very seldom use a browser and then Chrome.  

Green Note wrote:Cannot seem to to find a current answer other than no, not possible.

Past solutions have been dragging it to trash.This solution does not work and is years old.
Changing launchers. I have tried Nova but it had no luck with that.

Any ideas? Very seldom use a browser and then Chrome.  

using a different launcher should work. Other then that, you'd need to root and custom rom your phone it's baked into the standard Android launcher now

On my Note II it's a widget that can be moved/removed just like any other widget.

Heat Miser wrote:On my Note II it's a widget that can be moved/removed just like any other widget.

Same here, I actually have 3 home pages to swipe through with short cuts to apps and web pages and other items. I left it on one of the sub pages.

you can try apex launcher I believe that will remove it but after Jellybean it's baked in

Heat Miser wrote:On my Note II it's a widget that can be moved/removed just like any other widget.

Tried that and it does not work on mine.

Is that a Kit Kat update thing?  Phone's on Jelly Bean & I removed it like any other widget.  Tablet's on Kit Kat (4.4.2) though and I removed it the same way.

Go to your application manager then all then disable Google Search

Johnny Costanza wrote:Go to your application manager then all then disable Google Search

This will work, but just FYI, you will lose voice search. May not matter to you but just be for warned

Johnny Costanza wrote:Go to your application manager then all then disable Google Search

My phone does not appear to have a "disable" selection. I found previously this instruction complete with video of steps (different from what appears on my phone but I can get to the correct screen). Next to the Force Stop in the video is Disable. On my phone it is "uninstall updates"

Google version 3.4.16.1149292

Green Note wrote:

Johnny Costanza wrote:Go to your application manager then all then disable Google Search

My phone does not appear to have a "disable" selection. I found previously this instruction complete with video of steps (different from what appears on my phone but I can get to the correct screen). Next to the Force Stop in the video is Disable. On my phone it is "uninstall updates"

Google version 3.4.16.1149292

  

Heat Miser wrote:

  

OG Droid??   

Green Note wrote:

My phone does not appear to have a "disable" selection. I found previously this instruction complete with video of steps (different from what appears on my phone but I can get to the correct screen). Next to the Force Stop in the video is Disable. On my phone it is "uninstall updates"

Google version 3.4.16.1149292

Once you uninstall the updates the disable should show up.

What kind of phone is it? Have you verified it's running Kit Kat? I don't understand why a different launcher doesn't work, you should be able to add or remove anything. If Android did in fact place a search bar that can't be removed that would be very un-Android of them.