{"id":4241,"date":"2012-02-08T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?page_id=4241"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T19:42:12","slug":"how-to-turn-off-add-on-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/how-to-turn-off-add-on-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn off add-on updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefox checks for new versions of your installed add-ons once per day, and at other designated times, such as when upgrading to a new version of Firefox. By default, Firefox will check the Mozilla Add-ons Gallery<\/a> for updates, but individual add-on developers may set their add-ons to check their own websites for updates if they are not hosted with Mozilla.<\/p>\n

Each of these checks contains the same information that every web request does: your IP address, browser version, operating system, locale, etc. Mozilla uses this information in aggregate for statistics and usage information, as described in the Mozilla Firefox Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is strongly recommended that you do not turn off add-on update checking, as you may miss critical security updates to your installed add-ons.<\/b> If you only wish to prevent add-on updates from being automatically installed, you may turn that functionality off from within the Add-ons Manager.<\/p>\n

To turn add-on updates off entirely, follow these instructions:<\/p>\n

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  1. In Firefox’s location bar, type about:config<\/code><\/li>\n
  2. A warning may be displayed if this is your first time modifying Firefox config. If you wish to continue, click the button.<\/li>\n
  3. In the Filter text box, type extensions.update.enabled<\/code>.<\/li>\n
  4. Double click the extensions.update.enabled<\/code> item to turn it from true<\/code> to false<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Firefox will no longer check your add-ons for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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