{"id":13628,"date":"2019-01-08T04:04:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T04:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13628"},"modified":"2019-01-08T04:08:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T04:08:50","slug":"stop-firefox-quantum-from-updating-automatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/stop-firefox-quantum-from-updating-automatically\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Stop Firefox Quantum from Updating Automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I disable automatic updates in Firefox Quantum? It could be frustrating for Firefox to push the update notifications and interrupt what you&#8217;re reading.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/firefox-updates-automatically.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13634\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Starting with Firefox version 63, Mozilla has removed the ability to disable updates completely. When you click on the <strong>Menu<\/strong> button at the top right corner and select <strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/firefox-options.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"630\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13633\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scroll down to the <strong>Firefox Updates<\/strong> section, you&#8217;re left with two options: Automatically install updates, Check for updates but let you choose to install them. The option &#8220;<strong>Never check for updates<\/strong>&#8221; is no longer available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/firefox-updates-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"457\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13635\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like Firefox frequently installing the updates, here is a simple way to prevent Firefox Quantum from updating the version automatically in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1: Stop Firefox Quantum from Updating Automatically<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-methods-to-open-file-explorer-in-windows-8-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open Windows Explorer<\/a> and type <code>%appdata%\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profile<\/code> in the address bar and press Enter.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/open-firefox-profile-location.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13636\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>The name of your default profile folder should start with eight random characters and end with <em>.default<\/em>. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/find-your-firefox-profile-location-in-windows\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open the Firefox profile folder<\/a>, then right-click on the <strong>prefs.js<\/strong> file and select <strong>Edit<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/edit-prefs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"538\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13637\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add the following line to the file and save your changes.<br \/>\n<code>user_pref(\"app.update.enabled\", false);<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/app-update-enabled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13638\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, Firefox Quantum should never download and install updates automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Part 2: Install Firefox Updates Manually<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After disabling automatic updates in Firefox Quantum, you can decide how often and when you want Firefox to install updates. Here&#8217;s how to install Firefox updates manually:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open up Firefox and click on the <strong>Menu<\/strong> button in the upper right hand corner, and then select <strong>Help<\/strong> from the drop-down menu.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/firefox-help-menu.png\" width=\"599\" height=\"649\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>About Firefox<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/about-firefox.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13639\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can see the exact version number of Firefox you&#8217;re running. If a new version of Firefox is available, you can click on the &#8220;<strong>Check for updates<\/strong>&#8221; button to download and install it.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/check-for-firefox-update.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"329\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13640\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I disable automatic updates in Firefox Quantum? It could be frustrating for Firefox to push the update notifications and interrupt what you&#8217;re reading. Starting with Firefox version 63, Mozilla has removed the ability to disable updates completely. When you click on the Menu button at the top right corner and select Options. 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