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How can I disable "Firefox automatically sends some data to Mozilla so we can improve your experience" on first run

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Hi,

Im deploying firefox 38 ESR and all is fine except for the information bar that comes up on first run - "Firefox automatically sends some data to Mozilla so we can improve your experience"

I have a mozilla.cfg file that I'm using for my preferences, but cannot find what I need to enter to get rid of this bar - can anyone point me in the right direction?

Cheers

Hi, Im deploying firefox 38 ESR and all is fine except for the information bar that comes up on first run - "Firefox automatically sends some data to Mozilla so we can improve your experience" I have a mozilla.cfg file that I'm using for my preferences, but cannot find what I need to enter to get rid of this bar - can anyone point me in the right direction? Cheers

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Hi, You can turn off it by : Menu (Right on top)>Option >Advanced> under this "Data Choices"> Uncheck both Check boxes "Enable Firefox Health Report" as well as "Share additional Data " . Read out : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/advanced-settings-browsing-network-updates-encryption?esab=a&s=telemetry and Type about:telemetry in the Location/URL bar for a summary of the data .

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Mike Kaply has a series of articles on configuration for deployment. You could search on his blog for suggestions and tools.

https://mike.kaply.com/category/mozilla/

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Actually, I think it's this one:

datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyBypassNotification

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Hi Guys, thanks for the quick responses -

jscher2000, i checked that preference, it was set to false, added a line and set it to true but unfortunately the warning bar with the "choose what i share button" still comes up on first run

I knows its a small thing but I really don't want it going out to everyone if possible.

Chandan_Baba - its the warning bar i'm trying to get rid of on first run

I appreciate the assistance - if you have any other suggestions I'm all ears (or eyes in this case)

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Modified by cor-el