Hide Pocket in your Firefox New Tab page
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- Revision id: 279930
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- Creator: Mozinet
- Comment: added the aboutconfigwarning template and updated the step of the latest section
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- Reviewed by: AliceWyman
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Pocket for Firefox lets you easily save a variety of Web content such as blogs, news sources, webpages and videos, with the click of a button. When you open a new tab in Firefox on your computer, the New Tab page will display Pocket recommended stories that feature the best content collected by other Pocket users. For more information, see Pocket recommendations in the Firefox New Tab page - FAQ.
Recommended by Pocket stories on the Firefox New Tab page is a feature currently available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, Italy, France and Spain. We're working to bring it to other countries.
If you don't want to see Pocket stories in Firefox, you can easily hide this content. (These instructions apply to Firefox on your computer. For mobile devices, see this article instead.)
- Click the cogwheel icon in the upper right corner of the New Tab page.
- In the menu that appears, click the toggle to switch it off .
- If you're enjoying these recommendations but simply do not want to see sponsored stories, just uncheck the checkbox.
- Click to finish.
Tip: Another way you can hide Pocket content is from the Firefox settings panel:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and then select or , depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select .
- Select the panel.
- Deselect the checkbox in the Firefox Home Content section.
Disable Pocket article recommendations in the New Tab page (advanced instructions)
Warning: Changing advanced preferences can affect Firefox's stability and security. This is recommended for advanced users only.
If you want to disable the feature within the browser and are comfortable with the Firefox Configuration Editor (about:config page), take the following steps to turn off recommendations in your advanced browser settings:
- Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
A warning page may appear. Click to go to the about:config page.- If you are comfortable proceeding, accept the warning message that appears. If not, go back and refer to the instructions using the Settings page above.
- Search for the preference browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.system.topstories and set its value to false by clicking the Toggle button. When you open a new tab, you'll no longer see articles recommended.
To bring back recommended articles, reset the preference value to true by clicking the Reset button.