First, Type about:preferences#advanced<enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select Update.

[v56+] Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar. Select Update.

Select Never Check For Updates.

Also turn off Use a background service to install updates

Install Older Version Of Firefox {web link} Be sure to read everything here.

If you still want to downgrade, look under; I still want to downgrade. Click the Directory of other versions and languages link. Look for the directory of the version that you want. But, remember that old versions may have security issues.

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FredMcD said

First, Type about:preferences#advanced<enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select Update. [v56+] Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar. Select Update. Select Never Check For Updates. Also turn off Use a background service to install updates

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Install Older Version Of Firefox {web link} Be sure to read everything here.

If you still want to downgrade, look under; I still want to downgrade. Click the Directory of other versions and languages link. Look for the directory of the version that you want. But, remember that old versions may have security issues.

You should also check out Firefox; Extended Support Release {web link} ESR Notes System Requirements

Sorry... I think you don't understand what I'm asking? I don't want to turn off updates. I want to turn off notifications.

Also, about:preferences#advanced doesn't appear to exist in Quantum? That just takes me to the general preferences page.

I assume that how frequently the notification is displayed is controlled by the app.update.promptWaitTime preference, but that's the only relevant entry I found in about:config

I believe there's actually two prefs: app.update.promptWaitTime controls the popups, app.update.badgeWaitTime controls the green icon. Given that that's the case, I would expect that changing these both to a really large number would work. The numbers are in seconds, so something like "999999999" would mean a delay of around 30 years between when the update is downloaded and when the notification is displayed, which is probably enough time.

That being said, I'm not completely sure what doing this would accomplish. If you have Firefox set to not install updates automatically, you would have to click "OK" on one of the notifications to install the update, but if you set the notifications to never display, there won't be any way to update Firefox. Maybe turn off the popups, but keep the green icon so that it's still possible to update when you want to?

user1929 said

I believe there's actually two prefs: app.update.promptWaitTime controls the popups, app.update.badgeWaitTime controls the green icon. Given that that's the case, I would expect that changing these both to a really large number would work. The numbers are in seconds, so something like "999999999" would mean a delay of around 30 years between when the update is downloaded and when the notification is displayed, which is probably enough time. That being said, I'm not completely sure what doing this would accomplish. If you have Firefox set to not install updates automatically, you would have to click "OK" on one of the notifications to install the update, but if you set the notifications to never display, there won't be any way to update Firefox. Maybe turn off the popups, but keep the green icon so that it's still possible to update when you want to?

Hmm... I'm not sure what a wait time on the badge is meant to do, since to my knowledge it doesn't do anything other than sit there so you know there's an update. What I meant was that I want to hide it, since it's super bright green and distracting on my screen.

As for how I'm meant to update Firefox, the issue is that it wants me to restart the browser while I'm busy and restarting isn't an option. When you open or restart Firefox and have updates downloaded, you'll be prompted to install them, so for the last fifteen years (or however long it's worked like that) I've waited to install updates until I have a chance to close Firefox.

Would you give this a try :

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 :

app.update.silent

and set its value to true

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

See : https://www.ghacks.net/2014/11/10/display-an-update-badge-in-firefox/

Any good  ?

Chesu said

about:preferences#advanced doesn't appear to exist in Quantum

FredMcD said

[v56+] Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar.
Select Update.

Select Never Check For Updates.

Happy112 said

Would you give this a try : 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 : app.update.silent and set its value to true Then close and restart Firefox in order for the change to take effect. See : https://www.ghacks.net/2014/11/10/display-an-update-badge-in-firefox/ Any good  ?

Yes, thank you!

Chesu said

Yes, thank you!

My pleasure - Happy New Year  !

FredMcD said

FredMcD said

[v56+] Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar.
Select Update.

Select Never Check For Updates.

Okay, so you're unhelpful and being rude about it? Cool, cool.

I didn't realize until reading this that you were describing two solutions for different versions; I mean, looking at it now, [v56+] is obviously meant to be a version number... but the way you phrased it, starting with the word First, it seemed like you were giving step-by-step instructions. Copy/Pasting a solution is fine, but you could at least frame it in a way that makes sense.

On top of that, it's pretty clear that you didn't even bother to read my post, or you would've already known that I'm using Firefox Quantum... and, oh yeah, that solution wasn't even a little helpful. When someone says that they already searched through about:config and that they edit their userChrome.css, why would your advice to be to look in the normal Firefox preferences? It wouldn't be. You didn't read my question, you just read the title, and pasted an answer.

Additionally, when I responded to let you know that your pasted answer wasn't helpful? YOU IGNORED THAT PART, ZEROED IN SOMETHING ELSE I SAID, AND PASTED THE SAME UNHELPFUL ANSWER.

Is your strategy just quantity over quality, answering as many questions as possible to keep your Top Contributor status? Given that just over seven percent of your answers are chosen as solutions, I feel like you're wasting a whole lot of yours and other peoples' time. I'm appreciative that you want to help people, but being rude and uncommunicative while not actually attempting to find a solution is far, FAR from what you should be doing.

See also this bug report.

• Bug 1557660 - Make application updates less annoying

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