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.
Disabling article recommendations in the new tab: advanced instructions
If you want to disable the feature within the browser and are comfortable with the about:config menu, take the following steps to turn off recommendations in your advanced browser settings:
- Type about:config into the address bar.
- 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.
- Paste in to the about:config search bar: browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.system.topstories and double click to set this to False. When you open the new tab, you'll no longer see articles recommended.
- To bring recommended articles back, double click and set this to True.
