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Firefox administrator reference

DisableDefaultBrowserAgent

Prevent the default browser agent from taking any actions. Only applicable to Windows; other platforms don't have the agent.

The browser agent is a Windows-only scheduled task which runs in the background to collect and submit data about the browser that the user has set as their OS default. More information is available in the Default Browser Agent article.

Compatibility: Firefox 75, Firefox ESR 68.7 (Windows only)
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: N/A

Windows (GPO)

Section titled “Windows (GPO)”
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\DisableDefaultBrowserAgent = 0x1 | 0x0

Windows (Intune)

Section titled “Windows (Intune)”

OMA-URI:

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox/DisableDefaultBrowserAgent

Value (string):

<enabled/> or <disabled/>

policies.json

Section titled “policies.json”
{
  "policies": {
    "DisableDefaultBrowserAgent": true | false
  }
}

See also

Section titled “See also”