How to eliminate animated figure by firefox window?
I have Windows 7 desktop and Firefox Browser
How to eliminate the animated little animal toy that's to the left of the Search Window on Firefox Browser? It affects my sight and it drives me crazy too! I'm sorry that NONE of the answers suggested fit my question. I can send you a screenshot if necessary. Thanks so much!
If you prefer not to see snippets on the about:home page then you can set the <b>browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl</b> pref to an empty string on the <b>about:config</b> page.
You can open the <b>about:config</b> page via the location/address bar.
You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config
Delete the <b>storage\persistent\moz-safe-about+home</b> folder in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed ("3-bar" Firefox menu button > Exit/Quit) to remove snippets stored in IndexedDB and make Firefox use a default snippet set.
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
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