How to disable Firefox Telemetry and Data Collection
Mozilla has provided few Settings on Options Page to select what kind of Data do you want to share with Mozilla and want to send to Mozilla Servers.
You can turn on/off Options such as Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla
, Allow Firefox to install and run studies
and Allow Firefox to send Crash Reports to Mozilla
Servers.
You can change these settings using Privacy & Security
Section.
Even after you disable these Options, Firefox still collects and sends Data to Servers.
about:config
in the Addressbar and press Enter. It'll show you a Warning Message, click on Accept the Risk and Continue
ButtonPreference | Value to change |
---|---|
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry | false |
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry | false |
browser.ping-centre.telemetry | false |
datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled | false |
datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled | false |
datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled | false |
datareporting.sessions.current.clean | true |
devtools.onboarding.telemetry.logged | false |
toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled | false |
toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled | false |
toolkit.telemetry.enabled | false |
toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled | false |
toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled | false |
toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled | false |
toolkit.telemetry.prompted | Number Value 2 |
toolkit.telemetry.rejected | true |
toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun | false |
toolkit.telemetry.server | Delete URL |
toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled | false |
toolkit.telemetry.unified | false |
toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn | false |
toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled | false |