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Uninstall plug-in in Firefox on a Mac

Agent_Vanilla
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Wish to completely remove a handful of plug-ins from Firefox on my Mac. All the advice I've seen here says to "go to Control Panel" but that's a Windows computer guide.

Firefox does not have a remove plug-in option and the installed plug-ins are not listed in the Applications directory.

Wish to completely remove a handful of plug-ins from Firefox on my Mac. All the advice I've seen here says to "go to Control Panel" but that's a Windows computer guide. Firefox does not have a remove plug-in option and the installed plug-ins are not listed in the Applications directory.

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Agent_Vanilla
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Bump... anybody able to answer this question?

What are the necessary steps to remove plugins from Firefox on Mac OSX?

James
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Unlike Extensions and complete Themes which are installed in Firefox, the Plugins are on OS and Firefox is making use of compatible Plugins it finds in a scan. This why you only have activate/de3activate options.

You can type about:plugins in the Location (address) bar in Firefox and it will list all of the Plugins Firefox is using and where they are located on system.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-plugins-play-audio-video-games#w_popular-plugins

Agent_Vanilla
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Thanks James, the one thing about the referenced link is that if you follow the instructions ultimately the advice seems Windows specific.

Are the referenced instructions valid for OS X Firefox?