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Uninstalling Firefox completely using and uninstall proggram

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I have posted this question and it was removed from the forum.

When I remove the Firefox 40 profile, sha512 84228c5e70b0ca4b3a8444007691a06cac1ecb6d81995d11a225e6e29dac6799267ebfe60488d0934e32567599c6a4ef0f849dfddbbfd3abdf0b0282599f10c3

information  is still maintained. As an example In Canada ther is a coffee shop called tim hortons and when I log into the free Wifi after removing Firefox it still displays my log on name.

Why is their no uninstall application for Firefox?

I have posted this question and it was removed from the forum. When I remove the Firefox 40 profile, sha512 84228c5e70b0ca4b3a8444007691a06cac1ecb6d81995d11a225e6e29dac6799267ebfe60488d0934e32567599c6a4ef0f849dfddbbfd3abdf0b0282599f10c3 information is still maintained. As an example In Canada ther is a coffee shop called tim hortons and when I log into the free Wifi after removing Firefox it still displays my log on name. Why is their no uninstall application for Firefox?

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A simple uninstall program should be made avaialbe to completely uninstall all profiles and application components.

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A simple uninstall program should be made avaialbe to completely uninstall all profiles and application components.

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There is. Do you want to remove Firefox totally, or re-install it?


  • Re-install

Download Firefox Full Version For All languages And Systems {web link} Save the file. Then;

Using your file browser, open the Programs Folder on your computer.

Windows: C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) Mac: Open the "Applications" folder. Linux: Check your user manual.


Look for, and rename any Mozilla or Firefox folders by adding .old to them.

After rebooting the computer, run a registry scanner. Then run the installer. If all goes well, remove the OLD folders when you are done.


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Uninstall Firefox from your computer {web link}

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You can find the Firefox profile folder in this hidden location: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>/ ~/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/

In Mac OS X v10.7 and later, the ~/Library folder is a hidden folder.