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How can I stop images from loading?

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I'm on a limited data plan and I need to use as little bandwidth as possible. I couldn't find the option to stop automatically loading images. Is there a way to do this? Using Firefox 59.0.2.

I'm on a limited data plan and I need to use as little bandwidth as possible. I couldn't find the option to stop automatically loading images. Is there a way to do this? Using Firefox 59.0.2.

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Hi janaristic,

Would you do this please :

Type in the address bar about:config (press Enter) (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar and look for the preference :

permissions.default.image

And change its value to 2

Then close and restart Firefox, in order for the change to take effect.

Also see :

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/64881/how-to-disable-images-in-firefox/

'Hope that works for you  !

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Hi janaristic,

Would you do this please :

Type in the address bar about:config (press Enter) (promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar and look for the preference :

permissions.default.image

And change its value to 2

Then close and restart Firefox, in order for the change to take effect.

Also see :

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/64881/how-to-disable-images-in-firefox/

'Hope that works for you  !

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Thanks a lot for your help, problem solved.

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janaristic said

Thanks a lot for your help, problem solved.

My pleasure - I'm glad it worked for you  !

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