How do I access Manage Search Engines, I can't find it on my FF window?

I'm trying to delete all remnants of Conduit.com. I've removed most of them, but the FF home page is still under the control of Conduit. I can't even find the search bar icon. Sorry, but I'm not very computer literate. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

The Manage Search Engines option is on the menu that appears when you click the icon at the left end of the search box (usually it's the "g" for Google but your icon may be different). Is the box missing?
To switch your default search engine back to Google, and your "new tab page" back to thumbnails, you can use this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/
If Firefox ignores those changes, you might still have a Conduit-related extension. You can disable ALL nonessential or unrecognized extensions on the Add-ons page. Either:
* Ctrl+Shift+a
* orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable.
Usually a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.
Any improvement?

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