Press and hold it until the trash can appears and then drag and drop? Worked OK for me.

 

Me neither.

 

The name of the app is " Google Search "
Just disable it in " Manage Apps "

 

? I thought that was how I made it disappear. Sorry for the duff info.

 

Also, try a different launcher. Nova is the one I personally use. Don't have this phone, just scoping out this forum. The old commando was great for me.

 

adw launcher is another good one to use it gives you the option to use the google bar or not and it is free on play store. I use next launcher it works great on this phone it depends on your needs or how many options you want in a launcher.