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I never modified things in about:config but there many modified things?

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I never modified things in about:config but there many modified things?Why?

I never modified things in about:config but there many modified things?Why?

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RexaFire said

I never modified things in about:config but there many modified things?Why?

If you make changes in Options/Preferences then it will reflect in about:config as user set. Any (legacy) Extensions you installed may make changes or add Preferences in about:config as user set.

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If you never did any about:config changes those would be the FF default settings. So what are you asking about?

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RexaFire said

I never modified things in about:config but there many modified things?Why?

If you make changes in Options/Preferences then it will reflect in about:config as user set. Any (legacy) Extensions you installed may make changes or add Preferences in about:config as user set.

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Firefox also stores a lot of internal data like update checks and version numbers in special prefs that always show as user set.

WebExtension can't add settings to about:config like was possible with Legacy extension. If you used the profile with Firefox versions that supported Legacy extensions then you may still see preferences from those extensions.

Can you clarify what preferences setting in particular bother you?

As explained above, there are a lot of lines showing on the about:config page that Firefox uses internally and should be left alone. If you would reset such prefs the Firefox will recreate them automatically.