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Firefox administrator reference

UserMessaging

Prevent Firefox from messaging the user in certain situations.

Compatibility: Firefox 75, Firefox ESR 68.7
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.addons, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.features, browser.aboutwelcome.enabled, browser.preferences.moreFromMozilla, browser.preferences.experimental

Values

Section titled “Values”
  • WhatsNew: Remove the "What's New" icon and menuitem. (Deprecated)
  • ExtensionRecommendations: If false, don't recommend extensions while the user is visiting web pages.
  • FeatureRecommendations: If false, don't recommend browser features.
  • UrlbarInterventions: If false, don't offer Firefox specific suggestions in the URL bar.
  • SkipOnboarding: If true, don't show onboarding messages on the new tab page.
  • MoreFromMozilla: If false, don't show the "More from Mozilla" section in Preferences. (Firefox 98)
  • FirefoxLabs: If false, don't show the "Firefox Labs" section in Preferences. (Firefox 130.0.1)
  • Locked: Prevents the user from changing user messaging preferences.

Windows (GPO)

Section titled “Windows (GPO)”
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\UserMessaging\ExtensionRecommendations = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\UserMessaging\FeatureRecommendations = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\UserMessaging\UrlbarInterventions = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\UserMessaging\SkipOnboarding = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\UserMessaging\MoreFromMozilla = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\UserMessaging\FirefoxLabs = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\UserMessaging\Locked = 0x1 | 0x0

Windows (Intune)

Section titled “Windows (Intune)”

OMA-URI:

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox~UserMessaging/UserMessaging_ExtensionRecommendations
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox~UserMessaging/UserMessaging_FeatureRecommendations
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox~UserMessaging/UserMessaging_UrlbarInterventions
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox~UserMessaging/UserMessaging_SkipOnboarding
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox~UserMessaging/UserMessaging_MoreFromMozilla
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox~UserMessaging/UserMessaging_FirefoxLabs
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox~UserMessaging/UserMessaging_Locked

Value (string):

<enabled/> or <disabled/>

macOS

Section titled “macOS”
<dict>
  <key>UserMessaging</key>
  <dict>
    <key>ExtensionRecommendations</key>
    <true/> | <false/>
    <key>FeatureRecommendations</key>
    <true/> | <false/>
    <key>UrlbarInterventions</key>
    <true/> | <false/>
    <key>SkipOnboarding</key>
    <true/> | <false/>
    <key>MoreFromMozilla</key>
    <true/> | <false/>
    <key>FirefoxLabs</key>
    <true/> | <false/>
    <key>Locked</key>
    <true/> | <false/>
  </dict>
</dict>

policies.json

Section titled “policies.json”
{
  "policies": {
    "UserMessaging": {
      "ExtensionRecommendations": true | false,
      "FeatureRecommendations": true | false,
      "UrlbarInterventions": true | false,
      "SkipOnboarding": true | false,
      "MoreFromMozilla": true | false,
      "FirefoxLabs": true | false,
      "Locked": true | false
    }
  }
}