Enable/Disable Automatic Updates in Firefox

Enable/Disable Automatic Updates in Firefox

Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Firefox Tips |

I don’t like Firefox constantly updating the version or the Add-ons all by itself without my knowledge. I like to disable this. You can enable or disable this feature with these steps.

1. Click Tools > Options.

2. Click on the Advanced option along the top.

3. Click on the Update tab.

4. Uncheck the boxes under Automatically check for updates to: to disable the automatic updates. Check them if you wish for them to be enabled.

Alternately you may choose to select the Ask me what I want to do option under the When updates to Firefox are found: section.

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by Firefox is starting to lose it at But Seriously…, on December 6 2007 @ 11:29 pm

[...] things working normally once again. A good idea to avoid issues like these would be to consider disabling automatic updates and making the choice yourself later whether to install the update or not. Always a safer bet to [...]

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