In the Firefox homepage settings, there is a checkbox next to "Shortcuts". Is that checked?
Like many modern programs, Firefox runs multiple processes. Rather than running everything under a single process, using multiple processes allows each process to handle a portion…
Your SVG renders, it's just displaying as 0px wide and 0px tall. I think this may be because your SVG file is missing a width and height attribute.
Have you checked the Windows volume mixer to see if Firefox was somehow muted in there? You can right click on the speaker in the bottom-right of your taskbar and there should be …
There are couple of different ways to change your Firefox homepage. If you press the menu button (the three lines at the top-right of the screen) there is a Settings option. Cl…
Yeah, it's a bit confusing, but this is the intended design. Typing in the Firefox address bar at the top of the screen is functionally the same.
You can change your password for your Firefox Account by clicking the "Forgot password" button in the bottom corner of the login screen or you can [https://accounts.firefox.com/re…
By default, add-on toolbar icons are stored in the Extensions button (looks like a puzzle piece) on the toolbar. This is to stop add-ons from cluttering up your browser. You ca…
To turn the bookmarks bar on, right click on the Firefox menu button (the three lines in the top-right of the screen) and under "Bookmarks Toolbar" select "Always Show". For mo…
Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of. You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which…
To clear cache and cookies do the following: #Click the menu button [[Image:Fx89menuButton]] and choose History. #In the History menu, choose "Clear Recent History…". #Under…
Turning off Firefox updates is not recommended. Malicious people are always finding new ways to exploit browsers. Keeping Firefox up-to-date will give you the best protection agai…
Have you checked the Windows volume mixer to see if Firefox was somehow muted in there? You can right click on the speaker in the bottom-right of your taskbar and there should be …
It sounds like Firefox may be set to resist fingerprinting. Some websites use fingerprinting to try and uniquely identify you when you visit the website. They use a big list of th…
For your first question, does this happen on every website? Some websites are sneaky and will bring you to a different page before you get to the main page. In those cases, pushin…
If you enter about:profiles in your Firefox address bar, this will bring you to a page that lists all of the Firefox profiles on your computer. If you see multiple profiles lis…
Have you checked the Windows volume mixer to see if Firefox was somehow muted in there? You can right click on the speaker in the bottom-right of your taskbar and there should be …
Reload the webpage while bypassing the cache using '''one''' of the following steps: *Hold down the ''Shift'' key and click the ''Reload'' [[Image:FxReloadButton]] button in the …
To follow up, this seems like it could be a legitimate email. Please read the [[Mozilla account deletion due to inactivity]] page for more information.
This forum is intended to help users with Mozilla products, such as Firefox. Please see [[Mozilla Support rules and guidelines]]. Your question would be better directed towards…
Using Private Browsing mode does not stop websites from saving cookies. In fact, cookies are required on many websites, especially those that require you to log in. The differe…
This forum is intended to help users with Mozilla products, such as Firefox. Please see [[Mozilla Support rules and guidelines]]. If you are looking for help using Microsoft Wo…
Hi Alan! A 404 error means that the page you are trying to go to does not exist. Typically, this will happen if the website you are trying to visit has deleted or moved the pag…
Unfortunately, unless your bookmarks are saved on another device, it's not possible to get them back by using Firefox Sync. Firefox Sync is not a backup service and should not …
It doesn't seem like Brave Search allows you to add their search to Firefox. However, there are some Firefox add-ons available that can add Brave Search to the list of Firefox sea…
This forum is intended to help users with Mozilla products, such as Firefox. Please see [[Mozilla Support rules and guidelines]]. For more assistance, you need to contact Whats…
Yup, these sound like illegitimate messages. You should definitely scan your computer for malicious software. You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with …
This is an error on your company's end. Any error that is 500 is an issue with the website, not the browser.
Assuming you are talking about the weather information in the top corner of the new tab page, you can press the little options button (three dots) next to the weather and select "…
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: ''This will tempo…
To be safe, don't click any links in the email. Sign into the Firefox Account website using [http://accounts.firefox.com the official Firefox Accounts page] using the email add…
Unfortunately, you will need to contact F1TV support about this. They have decided to remove support for Firefox from their website.
If you click the menu button (the three lines in the top-right of the screen), you can select "Add-ons and themes". This will open a new tab that shows all add-ons that are curren…
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: ''This will tempo…
This forum is intended to help users with Mozilla products, such as Firefox. I'm going to mark this thread as off-topic and ask a moderator to lock the thread since it is not a su…
In many cases, this is an issue that the website owner needs to fix. Do you see a specific error code on the warning screen? For more information on this error message and some…
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It sounds like maybe there is an enterprise policy configured on your computer. You can confirm this by typing about:policies into the Firefox address bar. This page will list …
In most cases, to update Firefox you can go to the about screen. This is accessible if you click the menu button (three horizontal lines located in the top-right of the screen), s…
Firefox Sync is not a backup service. It's designed to transfer data from one device to another, but the storage on the Firefox Sync servers is both temporary and fragile and is n…
The people who answer questions here, for the most part, are other users volunteering their time (like me), not Mozilla employees or developers. If you want to leave feedback for …
You can try reinstalling Firefox from [https://www.mozilla.org mozilla.org] (or choose the download for your operating system and language from [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/al…
What prompted you to update Firefox? Sadly, there are a lot of bad people out there who make viruses that try to trick you into downloading updates for software. If you were as…
More information about how to install Firefox on Mac can be found on the [[How to download and install Firefox on Mac]] page. Is there a particular issue that you are experienc…
If you click on the menu button in the top-right of Firefox (it is three lines) and click on Bookmarks, there should be the option to Manage Bookmarks. That will open a separate w…
I don't believe this is currently possible without an extension installed. Cookies and other data are linked to the website, not to a specific tab. That's why you can login on a w…
On the Firefox homepage, there is a mask button to change between normal browsing and private browsing. I believe the app has been updated since my original response to make it ea…
The website that you are visiting was [https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=http:%2F%2Fwccsa.org.au%2Findex.js%3Fid%3D9939&hl=en-US flagged as an unsafe …
My guess is that Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection feature is blocking some scripts from loading on those websites. See the "What to do if a site seems broken" section of the…
Hi Ronnie. This is due to a common mistake that a lot of Mac users make when installing Firefox on their computer. If you are running Firefox directly from the downloaded firef…
It sounds like you may have made the mistake that many Mac users make. You need to drag the firefox.app file from the downloaded firefox.dmg into your Applications folder. If you …
Hi Irma. You don't need to use Firefox Sync. It's an entirely optional feature. Sometimes it's a feature that's included in the pages about what's new after an update.
Neither Firefox or Firefox ESR supports all NPAPI plugins. It's been only Flash support since the summer of 2018.
Unfortunately, without the email address that you have attached to the account working, it's unlikely that your account can be recovered as there's no way to verify that you are t…
Hi Thomas. This message usually comes from your security software. When you visit a website that's using HTTPS, your security software cannot see the contents of the website, s…
You are visiting to different websites. The website that you have tried in Firefox will also fail in other browsers (including Google Chrome) because the website owner has not reg…
Hi Guylain! Unfortunately, if you no longer have access to the old email address that the account is registered with, the chances of recovering your account are slim to none. This…
As far as I know, the only information that's available related to changing passwords is the '''Last modified''' date. To see that, find the login on the Firefox Lockwise page and…
By default, userChrome.css modifications are disabled in Firefox. You need to make sure that on the about:config page in Firefox, the toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.style…
You need to right-click on the bookmark (or left-click if you have your mouse setup for left-hand mode). That will provide the delete option.
If you go to the about:config page in Firefox by typing it in the address bar, you can change the print.tab_modal.enabled preference to false. I'm not sure if that preference will…
The only popup that comes to mind like that is the warning for when you are closing multiple tabs. If you go the Firefox settings (press the menu button on the toolbar and select …
In regards to losing data after an update, it's certainly not supposed to happen, but it's also sadly not ''that'' uncommon. Essentially, there are multiple different versions …
If sounds like maybe you are running Firefox directly from the firefox.dmg file that is downloaded. You need to drag the firefox.app file into the Applications folder on your comp…
If you right click on the PDF file that's saved on your computer outside of Firefox, select '''Properties'''. On that window, the type of file will be "Firefox HTML Document (.pdf…
By default, browser extensions don't have access to Private Browsing mode. They have to be given access. See the [[Extensions in Private Browsing]] page for information on how to …
Based on the fact that you can open these files with Adobe Acrobat still, that would mean that these are indeed still PDF files, not HTML files. Adobe Acrobat can't open HTML file…
The steps in the [[Recover user data missing after Firefox update]] page may help you in this situation.
Reinstalling the operating system would probably be what caused the issue, since that removes a lot of files from the computer. If you used the Windows reset tool instead of ac…
If you look at the left-side of the address bar when you are on the website you are having issues with, do you see a little image icon? It would be next to the lock icon. If yo…
Although the title doesn't exactly match the issue you are having, I think that the [[Recover user data missing after Firefox update]] page is what you are looking for. Hope th…
The easiest way to remove the Firefox Sync on your account is to go through the password reset process. This removes the data stored on the account.
Microsoft Word is not a free product. You will need a subscription/license to download and use Microsoft Word. There are some other free alternatives, such as [https://www.libr…
The easiest way to transfer just your bookmarks is probably by exporting them to HTML. See: * [[Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks]] * [[I…
Go to the Firefox settings page and select the '''Privacy & Security''' section on the left side of the page. Scroll down to the '''History''' area and change the drop-down option…
It's not recommended to copy the entire contents of the Firefox profile folder between computers. The reason for this is that there is some data and file locations that are specif…
As stated during the password reset process, resetting your Firefox Account password will remove any data that's stored on Firefox Sync. That's because the data on Firefox Sync is…
Firefox doesn't allow you to set the new tab page to a custom page. This used to be possible, but it was frequently abused by other programs, so that setting was removed. That …
Try using a malware removal tool, like [https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/ Malwarebytes for Mac] to see if that can find and remove the source of the problem.
Hi Len! Try the steps on the [[Recover user data missing after Firefox update]] page. Hope this helps.
You can see a list of all keyboard shortcuts for Firefox on the [[Keyboard shortcuts - Perform common Firefox tasks quickly]] page. As far as I know, there's no keyboard shortcut …
If you go to Yandex.com, you can add it as a search engine to Firefox. This is done by pressing the three dots in the Firefox address bar and pressing the '''Add Search Engine''' …
Firefox Sync cannot transfer all of your history from one computer to another. There's a limit on how many history items can be transferred and how old the history item can be. Th…
Do the steps in the [[Recover user data missing after Firefox update]] article fix the issue? It's not that uncommon for Mac users to have this issue.
I believe there was a glitch in a recent update that accidentally restored the default search engines for some people. Perhaps that's the issue that you are experiencing.
The eye icon is universally recognized as icon to show a password. Where possible, the Firefox developers like to use symbols instead of text buttons. This is because Firefox is u…
To clarify, it's referring to the password field on the sign up page of the website itself, not the Firefox Lockwise page.
That's pretty common. It usually comes from your antivirus program, since it's essential to allow these programs to scan your internet traffic. It can be removed, but it will usua…
That would be done by some antivirus app. There are a lot of free and paid antivirus apps available for Android from the Google Play store.
Hi Bob! If Firefox is telling you that the email address is already in use, you will need to close the account that is currently using that email address. It's possible that yo…
For Android there's a new [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mozilla.lockbox Firefox Lockwise app] that is used to save logins and passwords. The reason that the devel…
Using I Firefox Account is entirely optional. The browser will work just fine if you ignore that step. It's primarily intended for people running Firefox on more than one device a…
If you try to add the button when you are on a page that you have already saved in your bookmarks, the button will be '''Delete this bookmark''' instead of '''Add this bookmark'''…
Pressing a comma works for more. Each time a press it, a new tag is added. I wonder if this is a Mac-specific issue.
On the right side of your Firefox address bar, you should see three dots. If you click that, this displays all of the options that are available for the address bar. The '''Bookma…
There's a difference between picture-in-picture and a website just playing some content in the corner of the screen. Picture-in-picture isn't activated unless you actually press t…
Thanks! Merry Christmas to you as well :)
It sounds like Firefox is using two different profiles: your regular and then the one that opens when you click a link. Open Firefox like normal and go to the about:support pag…
Currently, Firefox Lockwise on Android doesn't have support for a Primary Password, like Firefox on desktop does. Instead, it uses the security provided by your phone to secure yo…
Browser updates and add-on updates are two different things, which use two different settings. For both of those updates, Firefox will check and find the updates automatically …
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