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Disable Firefox's Built-In Translation tool

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Hello friends,

As the title of the subject entails, I am trying to disable Firefox's new translation tool, becasue I'm using a 3rd party extension.

I tried to follow the solution on the following support thread ( [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/que.../1434741#question-reply] ), but it didn't work for me, and I'm still seeing the new translate button.

Is there another way to fix this?

I'm using Firefox 129.0.1 (64bit) for MacOS.

Hello friends, As the title of the subject entails, I am trying to disable Firefox's new translation tool, becasue I'm using a 3rd party extension. I tried to follow the solution on the following support thread ( [[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1434741#question-reply]] ), but it didn't work for me, and I'm still seeing the new translate button. Is there another way to fix this? I'm using Firefox 129.0.1 (64bit) for MacOS.
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Keazen oplossing

Looks like I find the issue.

The other thread I mentioned in the OP listed the command to change as: ' browser.translations.enabled => false ', but it seems that's a wrong command.

The correct command is how @cor-el wrote it (without the ' d ' at the end of the word ' enabled ' ): ' browser.translations.enable => false '

Once I changed this command and restarted the browser, the translation button stopped appearing.

Many thanks for your assistance @cor-el and @TyDraniu 🙏🙏

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Did you disable the main translations pref?

The translation feature is controlled by this master pref.

  • browser.translations.enable => true or false

Opening the translation pop-up panel is controlled by this pref.

  • browser.translations.automaticallyPopup => true or false

The feature to translate selected txt is controlled by this pref.

  • browser.translations.select.enable => true or false

You can open about:config via the location/address bar. On the warning page, click "Accept the Risk and Continue" to open about:config.

cor-el said

Did you disable the main translations pref? The translation feature is controlled by this master pref.
  • browser.translations.enable => true or false

Hi @cor-el and thank you for your reply.

Yes, I tried to disable the main translation pref by changing it from true to false, but the new translation button is still showing for non English websites.

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Did you restart the browser after the change?

Keazen oplossing

Looks like I find the issue.

The other thread I mentioned in the OP listed the command to change as: ' browser.translations.enabled => false ', but it seems that's a wrong command.

The correct command is how @cor-el wrote it (without the ' d ' at the end of the word ' enabled ' ): ' browser.translations.enable => false '

Once I changed this command and restarted the browser, the translation button stopped appearing.

Many thanks for your assistance @cor-el and @TyDraniu 🙏🙏