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Disable Firefox telemetry pings

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Overview​

A telemetry ping refers to the data that Firefox transmits to Mozilla's Telemetry servers 1. It comes in different types and includes information collected by telemetry 1.

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All actions in this script is recommended for all users. This is recommended for all users to improve without any noticeable impact on the system functionality.
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How to apply or restore "Disable Firefox telemetry pings" using script​

  • ≈ 3 min to complete
  • Tools: Web Browser
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • ≈ 5 instructions
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Disable Firefox shutdown ping

The shutdown ping provides data about a clean shutdown. This script turns off three preferences to disable shutdown pings: 1. "toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled": This preference permits the shutdown ping to be sent when the browser is closed from the second browsing session onwards, as opposed to on the next restart, through the ping sender. 2. "toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabledFirstSession": This preference allows the shutdown ping to be sent through the ping sender from ...

Disable Firefox new profile ping

This script disables the "new-profile" ping sent from Firefox Desktop. This ping is typically sent 30 minutes after the browser starts, during the first session of a newly created profile. If the first session of a new profile is shorter than 30 minutes, the ping is sent at shutdown using the Ping Sender. This script sets the "toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled" preference to disabled, which effectively disables the "new-profile" ping for new profiles.

Disable Firefox update ping

This script disables the "update" ping sent from Firefox Desktop. This ping is sent when a browser update is ready to be applied and also after the update has been successfully applied. This script sets the "toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled" preference to disabled, which turns off the "update" ping associated with browser updates.

Disable Firefox prio ping

This script disables the "prio" ping sent from Firefox Desktop. The ping is submitted at least once a day for sessions that last longer than 24 hours, and it is enabled by default. It sends Origin Telemetry, which allows Mozilla to get precise counts of how many Firefox clients perform certain activities on specific origins without revealing which clients were doing which things on which origins. This script sets the "toolkit.telemetry.prioping.enabled" preference to disabled, which turns of...

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