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How can I remove private browsing as an option on the Firefox Menu? My kids use this computer and I don't want them to be able to private browse.

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I want to remove the Firefox menu option for Private Browsing because my kids and teenagers use this computer. How can I do that? Private Browsing cannot be an option for my children. If I cannot remove it, is my only option to remove Firefox altogether?

I want to remove the Firefox menu option for Private Browsing because my kids and teenagers use this computer. How can I do that? Private Browsing cannot be an option for my children. If I cannot remove it, is my only option to remove Firefox altogether?

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This is new. Read carefully the section "About this Add-on". Not 100%, but there is no real way to totally take PB out of Firefox; that is also the case for other browsers that have a similar feature, as far as I know:


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Not related to your question, but...

You need to update some plug-ins:

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Tried the link above. It worked for my Firefox! Now how do I turn it back on for when I want to us it? LOL

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You can only disable that extension if you start Firefox in Safe mode by holding down the Shift key when you double click the Firefox desktop icon.