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Can I delete the Firefox icon that looks like a drive from my desktop after putting the browser in my dock?

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annieruderman
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I just installed firefox and the icon that looks like a drive is still on my desktop. Can I throw it in the trash? Or does that disrupt the whole system? Thanks!

I just installed firefox and the icon that looks like a drive is still on my desktop. Can I throw it in the trash? Or does that disrupt the whole system? Thanks!

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Did you install Firefox by dragging it to your Applications folder? If yes, then you can safely drag the drive to Trash.

For more details, see this article: How to download and install Firefox on Mac.

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dynamite
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Did you install Firefox by dragging it to your Applications folder? If yes, then you can safely drag the drive to Trash.

For more details, see this article: How to download and install Firefox on Mac.

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annieruderman
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Thanks!

dc499
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I too have the orange Firefox drive icon and the blue install folder on my desktop. Firefox is installed on my hard-drive and an icon is in the dock. I tried ejecting the drive icon as suggested above, but both the drive and folder icon return every time I open Firefox. It's distracting and I'd like to remove both. Thanks.