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I can't find where to change security and privacy settings.

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I looked up the article on this which tells you to check / uncheck boxes, but doesn't tell me where these boxes are.

I looked up the article on this which tells you to check / uncheck boxes, but doesn't tell me where these boxes are.

Chosen solution

Hi,

  1. Open Firefox Preferences tab as follows: click the menu button New Fx Menu and select Preferences.
  2. In the Firefox Preferences tab, click Security tab (for Security and passwords settings) or Privacy tab (for Settings for privacy, browsing history and do-not-track)


Thank you.

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Chosen Solution

Hi,

  1. Open Firefox Preferences tab as follows: click the menu button New Fx Menu and select Preferences.
  2. In the Firefox Preferences tab, click Security tab (for Security and passwords settings) or Privacy tab (for Settings for privacy, browsing history and do-not-track)


Thank you.

They are in Preferences/Options > Security or Privacy.

Check out these pages;

about:preferences#privacy

about:preferences#security

teddy44 said

I looked up the article on this which tells you to check / uncheck boxes, but doesn't tell me where these boxes are.

Thanks very much!

You are welcome

teddy44 said

I looked up the article on this which tells you to check / uncheck boxes, but doesn't tell me where these boxes are.

To Fred - thanks for taking time to answer my Q.

If you need any help, you know where we are.