How to delete pre-installed Addons
I dont want to only disable those addons/plugins, i want to completly delete them. When i klick manage, i can only enable, disabled, and change update settings. What reason is there those addons can't be deleted by default? Not everyone wants google...
-see attached screenshot
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Then you may not have this plugin installed. You can check the media.gmp-widevinecdm prefs on the about:config page.
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FredMcD said
Web search; https://www.bing.com/search?q=remove+Widevine+Content+Decryption
I did that, your url only shows how to disable it not how to uninstall it.
So how can i completly remove widevine from firefox not just disable but delete? Possible with about:config or editing files?
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The only way I know of to remove these is to install a custom version of Firefox, whether you make and compile it or not. I am not aware of any build that does this, but you may be able to find one
andmagdo said
The only way I know of to remove these is to install a custom version of Firefox, whether you make and compile it or not. I am not aware of any build that does this, but you may be able to find one
Hmm, kali linux for exmaple comes with a pre installed firefox that doesn't have wedevine installed. I woonder if that is because its an old firefox version where wedevine was not yet implemented or if they removed it on purpose. Would be really nice if i can somehow get rid of it. Disable is not the same as Delete... A custom firefox build sounds interesting but also somewhat advanced, which im not. If i could edit some files that would be more "do-able".
The Widevine plugin is installed in the gmp-widevinecdm folder and OpenH264 in the gmp-gmpopenh264 in the profile folder. You can possibly set the folder to read-only after clearing its content. You also need to disable DRM to prevent Firefox from reinstalling the plugin.
cor-el said
The Widevine plugin is installed in the gmp-widevinecdm folder and OpenH264 in the gmp-gmpopenh264 in the profile folder. You can possibly set the folder to read-only after clearing its content. You also need to disable DRM to prevent Firefox from reinstalling the plugin.
I have no such folder named gmp-widevinecdm. Cant find it. When i search for widevine in the fire install directory there are no results.
But i made a screenshot of the folder i have, if thats any good.
browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.advisoryURL https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/v4/advisory
browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.advisoryURL https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/v4/advisory
browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.lists goog-badbinurl-proto,goog-downloadwhite-proto,goog-phish-proto,googpub-phish-proto,goog-malware-proto,goog-unwanted-proto,goog-harmful-proto,goog-passwordwhite-proto
Any alternatives? Brave? I tryed finding alternatives but really cant find anything useful...
You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).
- Help -> More Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
cor-el said
You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).
- Help -> More Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
in about:config i opened profile folder C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles and searched for widevine, zero results.
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Then you may not have this plugin installed. You can check the media.gmp-widevinecdm prefs on the about:config page.
Hmm, it says disabled but as i can still see it, must be still installed? I went to about:config and found it with your suggestion, result is below. Well i dont know if its fine as it is? when i set the visible parameter to false, it dissapears from settings. But nothing the less its still installed after all?
How many about:_______ settings are there? So far i know these only:
about:addons about:preferences about:config about:profiles about:performance about:support
Any more important ones?
andmagdo said
The only way I know of to remove these is to install a custom version of Firefox, whether you make and compile it or not. I am not aware of any build that does this, but you may be able to find one
Can i ask you a different question real quick, when you told me about googles savebrowsing alternative, brave url, you shared this link => safebrowsing2.brave.com any reason why this in particular instead of this safebrowsing.brave.com ? does the 2 make any difference?
about:about lists all available about pages, even when they are added by an extension like about:sync.
thank you.
Firefox_Beginner said
andmagdo said
The only way I know of to remove these is to install a custom version of Firefox, whether you make and compile it or not. I am not aware of any build that does this, but you may be able to find oneCan i ask you a different question real quick, when you told me about googles savebrowsing alternative, brave url, you shared this link => safebrowsing2.brave.com any reason why this in particular instead of this safebrowsing.brave.com ? does the 2 make any difference?
safebrowsing.brave.com is for safebrowsing.googleapis.com safebrowsing2.brave.com is for safebrowsing.google.com
Safebrowsing is for googleapis, safebrowsing2 is for google.
Google has two domains with the same subdomain name. brave has one domain, and to discriminate, they use 2 for the google
You can possibly set these prefs on the about:config page:
- browser.eme.ui.enabled = false
- media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled = false
- media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible = false
- media.gmp-gmpopenh264.visible = false
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