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I have a Microsoft Surface computer. Somehow Micorsoft had added 3 tabs below the Firefox tabs. They are Most Visited, Getting Started and Surface. How to delet

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Microsoft has added tabs below the FIrefox tabs that I would like to remove from my Surface laptop. The tabs are Most Visited, Getting Started and Surface. It is obvious that these tabs are a back door for Microsoft to obtains information that I consider to be private. How do I remove the tabs without have to reload everything and prevent Microsoft from doing this or something similar again?

Microsoft has added tabs below the FIrefox tabs that I would like to remove from my Surface laptop. The tabs are Most Visited, Getting Started and Surface. It is obvious that these tabs are a back door for Microsoft to obtains information that I consider to be private. How do I remove the tabs without have to reload everything and prevent Microsoft from doing this or something similar again?

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Hi Craigrigby, it's possible Firefox imported those* from Edge or Internet Explorer during the initial setup. You should be able to right-click > Delete them.

It's very unlikely Firefox will import other browser settings again without you using the menu commands in the Library window for that.

* Favorites that Firefox imported to bookmarks.

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Most Visited and Getting Started are default Firefox bookmarks.

Are there policies listed on the about:policies page if you open this page via the location/address bar?

Bookmarks can also be added via a distribution.ini file


There are other things that need attention.

The System Details list shows that you have an outdated Flash plugin, current is 32.0.0.101 (32.0 r0).

  • Shockwave Flash 28.0 r0

You can find the installation path of a plugin on the about:plugins page.

You can download the latest NPAPI Flash plugin for Firefox on this page.

Make sure to remove checkmarks for including unwanted additional software.