How do I restore Firefox/Google home page without Yahoo?

In an attempt to delete Yahoo, my Home Page which features Google changed entirely and still shows Yahoo with all its add ons. Also now when closing a link page Mozilla shuts down and I have to start all over again.
How can I restore what I had and totally delete Yahoo ?

hello Vidabg, you can't restore this old homepage. it wasn't maintained after firefox 4, but it was still hosted by google for the time the search contract between google and mozilla was in place, which is now no longer the case. the new default homepage that firefox uses now is '''about:home'''.

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