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How do I disable home pages from syncing?

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brucefg57
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I have Firefox Sync enabled on three devices, a desktop, a laptop, and an android phone. All three have sync tabs disabled. When I open Firefox on my laptop it opens with the startup tabs I use on the desktop. How do I keep them separated without disabling Sync completely?

Thanks in advance

Brucefg

I have Firefox Sync enabled on three devices, a desktop, a laptop, and an android phone. All three have sync tabs disabled. When I open Firefox on my laptop it opens with the startup tabs I use on the desktop. How do I keep them separated without disabling Sync completely? Thanks in advance Brucefg

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You can toggle these prefs to false on the about:config page.

  • services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.homepage
  • services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.page
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the-edmeister
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-choose-what-types-information-sync-firefo#w_what-types-of-information-can-i-share-across-my-devices

Disable Preferences from Sync.

cor-el
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You can toggle these prefs to false on the about:config page.

  • services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.homepage
  • services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.page