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There is no Menu or Preferences option to deselect Firefox as your default browser. Why?

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Curiouscat
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Hi, A few weeks ago, in a rush, I inadvertently opted to make Firefox my default browser. This has proved problematic as I normally use another browser which suits me better. Looking in Preferences there appears to be no way of deselecting Firefox as your default browser. Shall I just remove Firefox and start again?

Hi, A few weeks ago, in a rush, I inadvertently opted to make Firefox my default browser. This has proved problematic as I normally use another browser which suits me better. Looking in Preferences there appears to be no way of deselecting Firefox as your default browser. Shall I just remove Firefox and start again?

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Hello curiouscat,

You can no longer remove Firefox as your default browser in the Firefox menu => Preferences - all you have to do is to set your preferred browser as default on your system :

Go to Safari => Preferences. While on the General tab, select the browser you want to use as default from the drop down menu.

Then you'll see in Firefox's Preferences that Firefox is no longer the default browser.

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McCoy
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Hello curiouscat,

You can no longer remove Firefox as your default browser in the Firefox menu => Preferences - all you have to do is to set your preferred browser as default on your system :

Go to Safari => Preferences. While on the General tab, select the browser you want to use as default from the drop down menu.

Then you'll see in Firefox's Preferences that Firefox is no longer the default browser.

Curiouscat
Curiouscat Question owner
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Many thanks McCoy. Problem solved, though I do think Firefox could be clearer about this in its Menu, Preferences and Troubleshooting options. What should have taken 2 minutes has taken over an hour to resolve.

McCoy
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Curiouscat said

Many thanks McCoy. Problem solved, though I do think Firefox could be clearer about this in its Menu, Preferences and Troubleshooting options. What should have taken 2 minutes has taken over an hour to resolve.

I'm really sorry you wasted so much time on this .... Unfortunately there is nothing that we (volunteer contributors) can do about it  :(

Maybe you'd like to give feedback here :

https://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/FirefoxInput/

(I'm glad your problem is solved though  !)