Customize the Firefox home screen

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Firefox Home on Android lets you personalize what you see when you open a new tab or launch Firefox. You can choose which sections appear, pin your favorite websites, organize tabs into Collections, change your wallpaper, and control whether recommended or sponsored content is shown.

The available options may vary depending on your Firefox version, device, and region.

Firefox Home on Android lets you personalize what you see when you open a new tab or launch Firefox. You can choose which sections appear, pin your favorite websites, organize tabs into Collections, change your wallpaper, and control whether recommended or sponsored content is shown.

The available options may vary depending on your Firefox version, device, and region.

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Learn how to customize your Firefox for Android homepage.

Customize Firefox Home

You can control which sections are visible on your Firefox for Android homepage:

  1. Tap the three-dot android menu icon menu button.
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  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Tap Homepage.

From here, you can turn the following sections on or off:

  • Shortcuts
  • Jump back in
  • Bookmarks
  • Recently visited
  • Stories

Some options include additional settings. For example, you can choose whether to display Sponsored shortcuts or Sponsored stories.

Shortcuts

Add a site to your shortcuts

Your shortcuts will be listed as icons on your homepage for easy access.

  1. Visit the page you want to pin.
  2. Tap the three-dot android menu icon menu button.
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  3. Tap Add to shortcuts.

When you open a new tab, the pinned website will now appear in your shortcuts.

Unpinning sites from your shortcuts

To unpin a shortcut:

  1. Touch and hold the shortcut.
  2. Tap Remove.

Removing a shortcut only removes it from your Home page. It doesn't delete the website from your bookmarks or browsing history.

Collections

You can organize groups of tabs for quick access as collections for tidy storage and viewing on your home screen. Firefox Collections can be easily created when you have the need and then deleted when you no longer do. Collections will appear on your Home page after you create your first collection.

Create a new collection

To create new collections:

  1. Visit the page you want to add to a new collection.
  2. Tap the three-dot android menu icon menu button.
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  3. Tap Save to collection.
  4. Tap Add new collection.
  5. Enter a name for the new collection in the text field that displays.
  6. Tap Done.
  7. The collection now displays within the Collections section on the home screen.

The collection now displays within the Collections section on the home screen.

Visit Collections in Firefox to learn more about how to manage them.

Recent tabs

The Jump back in and Recently visited sections help you quickly reopen pages you've recently viewed.

If these sections don't appear, check that they're enabled in Settings > Homepage.

Recommended and sponsored content

Firefox can display stories recommended by Mozilla.

To show or hide recommended stories:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Tap Homepage.
  3. Turn Stories on or off.

If Stories are enabled, you can also choose whether Sponsored stories appear.

Note: Recommended stories on the Firefox for Android homepage is a feature currently available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Spain.

Change your wallpaper

You can personalize Firefox Home with a wallpaper.

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Tap Homepage.
  3. Tap Wallpaper.
  4. Choose one of the available wallpapers.

Available wallpapers may change over time as new designs are added.


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