Welcome to the Firefox Profilemaker!
This tool will help you to create a Firefox profile with the defaults you like.
You select which features you want to enable and disable and in the end you get a download link for a zip-file with your profile template. You can for example disable some functions, which send data to Mozilla and Google, or disable several annoying Firefox functions like Mozilla Hello or the Pocket integration.
Each Setting has a short explanation and for the non obvious settings links to resources describing the feature and the possible problems with it.
Privacy
Website Tracking
Download
There are four types of downloads:
- profile.zip:
- Unzip the file into a fresh profile folder to create a profile with the chosen defaults.
- enterprise_policy.zip:
- Unzip this in the Firefox installation folder, to reset the defaults every time Firefox starts.
- prefs.js:
- Preferences file, that can be placed in the Firefox profile folder or appended to existing preferences.
- addons.zip:
- An archive that only contains the chosen addons.
Download profile.zip
Download enterprise_policy.zip
Download only prefs.js
Open prefs.js in the browser
Download only addons.zip
When you download only the addons.zip, you need to copy the user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 14); line into your prefs.js, otherwise firefox won't install the addons.
Installing
- Optional: add a new profile to keep the old one
- Run
firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager - Create a new profile
- Type
about:supportinto the url bar. - Press the open profile folder button.
- Quit Firefox.
- Delete everything from the new profile (you will lose all existing data from the profile).
- Unzip the
profile.ziparchive into the folder. - If Existent: Unzip the
enterprise_policy.ziparchive to Firefox installation directory. - Start Firefox again. If you made a new profile, you can use it with
firefox -no-remote -P profilename. - Open the addon manager and update the extensions.
Preview
policies.json:
{
"policies": {}
}