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Firefox Focus gives you a dedicated privacy browser with tracking protection and content blocking. It comes with Safari integration as well.

<!--L10N: this is available worldwide but the app is in English. It is not available in: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China or Turkey. In Germany, it is available as "Klar". Please put the appropriate messaging for your locale. Suggestion: {warning}Firefox Focus is available in ________country______ in English for now.{/warning} !--> Take private browsing to the next level. Firefox Focus gives you a dedicated privacy browser with tracking protection and content blocking. Firefox Focus gives you choices: use it as a standalone browser or as content blocker for Safari. __TOC__ =Install Firefox Focus= Firefox Focus is available in the [https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1055677337 App Store] for free. [https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1055677337 Download it] on your iPhone or iPad. When it’s finished downloading, look for the icon on your home screen. ;[[Image:focus icon]] =Use Firefox Focus as a browser= Use Firefox Focus as a browser dedicated to your privacy and security. Easily erase your browsing history, passwords, bookmarks and cookies and prevent unwanted ads from following you. #Whenever you want a private, ad-free and tracker-free experience, fire up Firefox Focus. Firefox Focus is easy to use. Just enter your search or website address in the field: #;[[Image:focus screen]] #If you want to view a page in regular Firefox while browsing, tap the Firefox icon at the bottom right corner of your screen. #;[[Image:open with firefox]] #;{note}'''Note:''' If you don’t have regular Firefox installed, you’ll see the open window icon [[Image:open window focus]] instead. Tap it to open the page in Safari.{/note} #Erase all information about your session at any time by tapping the Erase button on the search field. #;[[Image:erase focus]] =Use Firefox Focus with Safari= Enjoy protection against ad, social, content or analytics trackers without switching from Safari. Follow these steps to enable Firefox Focus for Safari: ==Step one: allow Safari to use content blockers (you only need to do this once):== #Tap the '''Settings''' app in your iPhone or iPad. #Scroll down to {menu Safari} and tap it. #;[[Image:safari]] #Tap {menu Content Blockers}. #;[[Image:contentblockers]] #Tap the switch next to Firefox Focus to turn it on [[Image:greenswitchfocus]]. #Close the '''Settings''' app. ==Step two: enable Firefox Focus for Safari== #Open '''Firefox Focus'''. #Tap the settings gear at the top right corner. #;[[Image:focus settings cog]] #Tap the switch next to ''Safari'' to enable it [[Image:blue switch]]. #Close Firefox Focus. You’re ready to browse on Safari! =Customize your Firefox Focus settings= Customize the level of content blocking and tracking protection that you need. #Open Firefox Focus. #Tap the settings gear at the top right corner. #;[[Image:focus settings cog]] #Tap the switch next to each feature to turn it on or off. #;[[Image:focus customize]] #Tap the back button or close Firefox Focus. Firefox Focus will save your changes automatically. =How does Firefox Focus work?= ==Privacy== Firefox Focus brings added privacy by allowing you to block known website trackers by category: *Ads, analytics and social trackers *Other content trackers – this category includes embedded videos, photo slideshows, and news article embeds that could track you. Blocking other content trackers may cause many sites to stop functioning properly. {note}For Tracking Protection, Firefox Focus uses a list provided by Disconnect to identify and block trackers. You can read more about tracking and the standards Disconnect uses to create its list [https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection here].{/note} ==Performance== Firefox Focus works by blocking some parts of web pages from loading. With less to download, web pages often load faster with Firefox Focus. Your mobile data usage may also be lower. *Web fonts - fonts that are downloaded from the server (may slow down web pages). Web fonts are typefaces used to style the text on some web pages. Blocking Web fonts will alter the appearance of text on any pages where Web fonts are used, but all text will still display legibly. =Requirements= Firefox Focus is available in the iTunes store for supported devices. Content blocking is only available on 64-bit devices, iOS 9 and above including: *iPhone 5s and above *iPad Air and above *iPad mini 2 and above *iPod touch 6th Generation =Why aren't older Apple products supported?= Safari Content Blockers (which include Firefox Focus) are only available on devices with an A7 processor (64-bit) or later. Only 64-bit processors can handle the extra load of content blocking, which insures optimal performance. For example, since the iPad 3 has an A5 processor, Firefox Focus is incompatible.