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How can I turn off Tab Groups, or stop it from displaying previous tabs everytime I open Firefox?

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So I have a homepage of seven tabs. I tried the Tab Group option by pressing Ctrl+Shift+E. I decided that I'm not fond of this option, but I don't know how to stop it. Now when I close Firefox and open it later, the last tabs I had open reappear. When I press my home button, my original seven tabs come up next to the tabs that are already open.

So I have a homepage of seven tabs. I tried the Tab Group option by pressing Ctrl+Shift+E. I decided that I'm not fond of this option, but I don't know how to stop it. Now when I close Firefox and open it later, the last tabs I had open reappear. When I press my home button, my original seven tabs come up next to the tabs that are already open.

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I tried that but I didn't see anything about how to turn it off, or make it stop.

Did try customise Toolbar and drag group tab back onto list of toolbar icons?

Yes, I tried that.

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It seems like your on the right track, and I appreciate the effort. The blog you suggested seems a bit too technical for me. I can see that the original blogger started with the same issue, but I don't understand the what process was taken to get him to the end. For example I don't understand "Just go to about:config and turn browser.allTabs.previews to true".

Sorry, See here how to go to about:config:

It wasn't actually the blog that gave me the answer, but Diego Victor's determination and hard work that led me in the right direction. For anyone who thinks that Tab Groups is a pretty cool add-on, but not for them right now all I had to do was go to Help>Troubleshooting Information>Reset Firefox to default state. It still sames my bookmarks, history and other important preferences. The only downside I can see is that it deletes my homepage tabs, which I have no problem with setting back up. So thank you very much toddy_victor for being the gps that led me in the right direction, and thank you Mozilla for giving him the opportunity to do so.