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There are a couple different ways to restore your Internet Explorer address bar if it has disappeared.

My Internet Explorer address bar has disappeared! All I have is search bars from Google and Mywebsearch and Iwonsearch. How do I get it back???

You should be able to right-click on one of the remaining toolbars and select address bar again.

If that doesn't stick, I'd suspect one of those other search bars for being spyware (not Google's, though - Google's toolbar is good and I run it myself). I would run a spyware tool immediately.

Update:

Microsoft recently released this knowledgebase article: The Internet Explorer Address bar is missing.

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Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

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CHRISTLE BROWN
May 22, 2012 4:53 PM

WHAT IS WEB ADDRESS FOR INTERNET EXPLORER? I ACCIDENTLY DELETED IT

If you mean where to download it from: go to http://microsoft.com and search there for internet explorer. They'll have a download page.
Leo
23-May-2012
pam
January 6, 2013 10:37 AM

l have a samsung gallexy tablet and i lost my search bar. How do i get it back

Michael Ma
January 21, 2013 8:05 AM

None of the suggestions work. Any other bright ideas Sherlock?

mendez
March 5, 2013 6:42 AM

how do I put my address bar at the top of the page.

William Gustavson
April 8, 2013 10:49 AM

Leo,
Good job on getting my address bar back, it happened once before but I forgot how I got it back, possible a full scan. I ran a full scan this time but it did not bring back the address bar. I did what you said about tools, etc. and it worked! Thank you