I want to remove suggested thumbnails
I love the thumbnails on newtabs in firefox, but recently there have been a bunch of suggested thumbnails from sites like Quartz and Insider which are really getting on my nerves. I don't want firefox to suggest any sites to me on my customized thumbnails list. How can I disable suggestions for thumbnails on my newtab pages?
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See:
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/hide-or-display-sites-new-tab-pag
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-tiles-work-firefox
Directory tiles that Firefox shows on the about:newtab page are saved in the directoryLinks.json file in the parent location of the disk cache. If you want to remove and disable the sponsored directory links on the about:newtab page then use these steps: You can set the browser.newtabpage.directory.source pref to an empty string on the about:config page.
- browser.newtabpage.directory.source = <empty>
- browser.newtabpage.directory.ping = <empty>
You can delete the directoryLinks.json file in the parent location of the disk cache to remove the currently stored directory links.
- delete directoryLinks.json
See the about:cache page for the location of the disk cache and go one level up.
- C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>\
"AppData" (XP: Application Data; Mac: ~/Library; Linux: ~/.mozilla) is a hidden folder.
Modified by cor-el
Hi, if you pin your own sites to the New Tab page, they will eventually replace all the Firefox suggested ones - Customize your Firefox New Tab page.