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How to disable Firefox Telemetry and Data Collection

Disable Telemetry and Data Collection:

  1. Open Firefox and type about:config in the Addressbar and press Enter. It'll show you a Warning Message, click on Accept the Risk and Continue Button
  2. In the Search Bar, type each of the following Preferences and then set them to the Value provided to the right:


Preference 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
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