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  • September 30, 2022 at 3:56 pm #3999401
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    Firefox not obeying Settings for Home page

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    by Allex Myers · about 1 year, 2 months ago

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    Firefox on OSX is not obeying my settings (as I understand them). It is including recently visited sites on my Home page (three rows) despite the setting ‘Shortcuts’ only being ticked. I want just a fixed set for a stable set of favs. Any help appreciated.

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    • September 30, 2022 at 5:04 pm #3999413
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      It sounds like it’s broken.

      by rproffitt · about 1 year, 2 months ago

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      https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-home-screen notes there are five settings there but hey, if you did find a bug, report it at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla

      No one here fixes these bugs, report them at that link.

    • February 28, 2023 at 11:59 pm #4044099

      Reply To: Firefox not obeying Settings for Home page

      by chrisleygio31 · about 9 months, 2 weeks ago

      In reply to Firefox not obeying Settings for Home page

      If you have set a new home page on Firefox, but it is still opening up to the previous one, then this may be due to an extension being installed on your browser.You can try disabling all extensions.

      • This reply was modified 9 months, 2 weeks ago by chrisleygio31.
    • August 30, 2023 at 11:18 am #4155565

      Reply To: Firefox not obeying Settings for Home page

      by Harisamer214 · about 3 months, 1 week ago

      In reply to Firefox not obeying Settings for Home page

      So this maybe the problem

      1. The “Recently Visited” setting may be enabled. To check this, open Firefox and go to Menu > Preferences > Home. Under Recently visited, make sure that the checkbox next to Show recently visited sites is unchecked.

      2. The “Top Sites” feature is enabled. The Top Sites feature shows a list of the websites that you have visited most often. To check if this feature is enabled, go to Menu > Preferences > Home. Under Top Sites, make sure that the checkbox next to Show Top Sites is unchecked.

      3. Custom home page set. If you have set a custom home page, it may be overriding the “Shortcuts” setting. To check this, go to Menu > Preferences > Home. Under Homepage, make sure that the text box is empty.

      If it still persists, try restarting Firefox or reinstalling it.

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