Remove All AI Features from Firefox

32 nabla9 5 7/23/2025, 2:20:53 PM

type into address bar:

  about:config

click “Accept the Risk and Continue”

search and set

  browser.ml.chat.enabled = False (double-click)

Comments (5)

TRiG_Ireland · 3h ago

I was unaware that there were AI features in Firefox.

tandr · 7h ago

Or you can configure it to use local ollama, and actually use it when needed

    browser.ml.chat.hideLocalhost: false
    browser.ml.chat.provider:  http://localhost:11434

justforfunhere · 10h ago

Hi,

Does anybody know what does this do behind the hood?

runjake · 9h ago

AFAICT, it opens up a sidebar pain with a list of links for commonly used LLMs. Each link goes to the login page of each LLM. So I guess it's just a webpage in a sidebar pane?

brudgers · 4h ago

a sidebar pain

Pain indeed.

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Remove All AI Features from Firefox

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