History of Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox Category: Troubleshooting Revision history for: English Show Helpfulness Votes Chart Compare Selected Revisions Revision Status S Editor R Comment Sep 19, 2025, 3:30:50 PM Current M Mozinet a few presentation-related and cosmetic changes Sep 19, 2025, 2:32:32 PM Unreviewed AliceWyman restored templates, which have different instructions based on OS Sep 19, 2025, 10:05:30 AM Approved M Dayani Lucia G.F. Updated per H2 2025 content audit Mar 13, 2023, 2:00:55 AM Approved M AliceWyman edits to Intro, "The problem happens..." section Mar 13, 2023, 1:31:18 AM Approved AliceWyman added note about "Safe Mode" (the about:support page still uses it under Application Basics) Dec 15, 2022, 9:22:47 AM Approved M AliceWyman What does Troubleshoot Mode disable? Added WebGL (see discussion); removed pre-fx101 content Aug 21, 2022, 10:22:09 PM Approved M AliceWyman Article has a generated share link. Removed extra link. Jul 24, 2022, 8:42:19 PM Unreviewed AliceWyman edits to pending revision; the -> a default theme Jul 18, 2022, 9:28:42 PM Unreviewed Denys Fixed the mzl.la link. Some text & formatting minor changes. Jul 15, 2022, 5:06:15 AM Approved M AliceWyman edits to pending revision Jul 14, 2022, 10:27:35 PM Approved M Chris Ilias remove Site Isolation from fx101 - Bug 1763413 Jul 14, 2022, 1:46:17 PM Unreviewed Chris Ilias Shortened intro, and converted section of what TM disables intoa bullet list May 20, 2022, 8:51:24 AM Approved Chris Ilias removed unneeded keywords, and purged pre-fx88 content Jan 29, 2022, 7:00:33 PM Approved M AliceWyman Firefox has not disabled ETP and Safe Browsing in Safe Mode since Firefox 75 (bug 1524873) Dec 8, 2021, 10:03:17 PM Approved M AliceWyman [Fx79] Safe Mode disables Site Isolation (bug 1641929) Dec 7, 2021, 11:18:26 PM Approved M AliceWyman [fx94] Troubleshoot Mode disables Site Isolation (see discussion) Oct 26, 2021, 6:42:01 PM Approved M Kiki manually addi mzl.la link Jun 15, 2021, 5:35:30 AM Approved AliceWyman new Image: Fx89TroubleshootModeWin10 Jun 14, 2021, 8:29:32 AM Approved Mozinet removed an extra {/for} Jun 13, 2021, 10:48:08 PM Approved M AliceWyman new Image: Fx89TroubleshootMode Jun 13, 2021, 10:13:46 PM Approved M AliceWyman Intro: simplified for markup; {for fx88} used to be called "Safe Mode" Apr 21, 2021, 12:38:33 AM Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits Apr 20, 2021, 10:22:05 PM Approved M AliceWyman updated search summary, added notes for not fx88 Mar 31, 2021, 10:01:11 PM Approved M AliceWyman small edit to last revision Mar 31, 2021, 6:40:09 PM Approved M Michele Rodaro moved a {/for}; the Adobe Flash plugin has gone; not sure about my edit to the last section Mar 31, 2021, 10:47:46 AM Approved M AliceWyman fx88 Image: TroubleshootMode; other edits Mar 31, 2021, 10:20:02 AM Approved M Artist Windows safe mode name remains unchanged, fixed for-tag for fx88/not fx88 Mar 31, 2021, 8:41:30 AM Approved M Fabi Updated for Fx88 Mar 31, 2021, 5:19:53 AM Unreviewed Fabi Screenshots and buttons changed for Fx88 Feb 26, 2020, 8:08:20 PM Approved M AliceWyman Content blocking/ETP restored in Safe Mode for fx75 (bug 1524873) Jan 23, 2020, 11:15:23 PM Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits Jan 23, 2020, 3:41:05 AM Approved M AliceWyman The problem does not happen in Safe Mode: Content blocking/ETP Jan 22, 2020, 11:30:39 PM Approved M AliceWyman edited intro; More information (Advanced users): Content blocking/ETP and Safe Browsing (see discussion) Jan 22, 2020, 8:50:44 PM Approved M AliceWyman Note with [[Template:reset-fx]] removed (we already link to the Refresh Firefox article). Jan 21, 2020, 8:22:47 PM Approved AliceWyman new Safe Mode image (minor) Jan 20, 2020, 8:50:45 PM Approved M AliceWyman added separate section for advanced users (see discussion), and other edits Jan 11, 2020, 10:41:26 PM Unreviewed AliceWyman more detailed Safe Mode description (see discussion) Sep 5, 2018, 9:44:03 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated search summary to add "Restart with Add-ons Disabled" Jun 9, 2016, 12:59:07 AM Approved M Chris Ilias purge pre-fx35 content Jul 9, 2015, 12:11:45 AM Approved Tonnes remove period after closeFirefox template call (bug 852275) Jun 21, 2015, 2:13:02 AM Approved novica Rewrite search summary to less than 140 characters. Jan 21, 2015, 4:11:10 AM Approved AliceWyman updated links to renamed article, "Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings" Jan 18, 2015, 7:13:05 PM Approved M AliceWyman Intro: addons disabled are extensions and themes Dec 30, 2014, 9:36:41 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated for fx35, removed outdated {for not fx15} content Nov 14, 2014, 1:26:00 AM Approved M AliceWyman added "turns off hardware acceleration" to intro Oct 29, 2014, 2:16:25 AM Approved M Tonnes Remove Sharearticle template (Please set RFL as previous edit invisibly affects link from referring article) Aug 14, 2013, 4:34:24 PM Approved scoobidiver heading outside showfor for articles linked to it, fixed nit Aug 4, 2012, 1:12:30 AM Approved M Tonnes fix commas, reword line 55 to avoid "setting back changes to settings" Aug 1, 2012, 7:30:13 PM Unreviewed scoobidiver fixed links, removed keyword, drop support for fx35 Jul 27, 2012, 5:07:51 AM Approved M Michael Verdi forgot to add link to make permanent change section Jul 27, 2012, 5:02:18 AM Unreviewed Michael Verdi Added troubleshooting sections so people know what to do when in Safe Mode. Moved <fx15 permanent change options to it's own section since it's not really part of safe mode or troubleshooting Jul 27, 2012, 4:59:51 AM Unreviewed Michael Verdi New intro that is accurate for all versions Jul 27, 2012, 3:44:36 AM Unreviewed Michael Verdi New Fx15 section with screenshot - explains the new options Jun 27, 2012, 6:06:05 AM Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary Jun 21, 2012, 4:43:43 AM Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template May 9, 2012, 2:27:08 AM Approved M Michael Verdi for fx13 - added note about reset firefox feature Feb 23, 2012, 6:43:13 PM Approved M AliceWyman "Restore default search engines": clarified that added search engines will not be removed (based on a suggestion posted in the discussion forum) Feb 23, 2012, 10:45:28 AM Unreviewed Scott Clarify what happens to user added search engines Dec 26, 2011, 11:10:37 PM Reviewed Tonnes redo the sept 3 change, as one simply cannot set back changes (where option/preferences can) to default settings Nov 23, 2011, 2:54:54 AM Approved M AliceWyman More edits based on last revision. See Discussion: Warning about making changes and what changes can be undone Nov 22, 2011, 9:31:49 PM Reviewed AliceWyman Edit based on last revision. See Discussion: Warning about making changes and what changes can be undone Nov 22, 2011, 9:17:35 PM Reviewed AliceWyman See Discussion: Warning about making changes and what changes can be undone Nov 21, 2011, 8:42:08 PM Reviewed AliceWyman [Empty edit] See discussion: Disabling Add-ons Isn't Permanent Sep 2, 2011, 11:34:40 PM Approved M Tonnes improve ‘Safe mode with various’ and ‘changes set back to options’ grammar issues Aug 25, 2011, 4:28:08 AM Reviewed Sduibek Added information on --safe-mode command. Aug 21, 2011, 12:53:54 AM Approved M scoobidiver removed fx3 content and fx35&fx4 tags, replaced a note by a warning, changed keywords Jan 15, 2011, 8:41:27 PM Approved M AliceWyman "for fx3.5" tag changed to "for fx3.5, fx4" to show content in Firefox 4 Dec 1, 2010, 6:04:10 AM Approved zzxc add a newline to the end of the article, to clear the page's cache Jan 30, 2010, 6:50:38 AM Unreviewed Bo102010 Fix parenthesis Compare Selected Revisions You are about to mark this revision as Ready for Localization. Are you sure you wish to proceed? Submit Cancel Document contributors AliceWyman Chris Ilias Bo102010 zzxc novica Tonnes Michele Rodaro Scott Michael Verdi scoobidiver Swarnava Sengupta Jack Mozinet Kiki Artist Fabi Denys Dayani Lucia G.F.