{"id":6678,"date":"2012-03-08T14:10:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T19:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=6678"},"modified":"2012-03-08T14:10:26","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T19:10:26","slug":"how-to-uninstall-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/how-to-uninstall-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"How-to Uninstall Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, the first step is obvious…<\/p>\n

Exit Firefox completely. \u00c2\u00a0Close the application, and all firefox windows.<\/p>\n

On Mac OS X:<\/p>\n

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  1. Drag the Firefox application to the Trash.<\/li>\n
  2. (optional) Remove the Firefox .plist file, from ~\/Library\/Preferences\/org.mozilla.firefox.plist<\/li>\n
  3. (optional) Remove the User data and settings (Bookmarks, extensions, etc) from ~\/Library\/Application Support\/Firefox<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    On Linux:<\/p>\n

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    1. Remove the firefox installation directory, which is usually \/usr\/lib\/firefox-<version><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      On Windows:<\/p>\n

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      1. Make sure to close Firefox Completely (Along with any Firefox windows)<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. For Windows 7 \/ Vista, open Programs -> Programs & Features, Select Mozilla Firefox <version #>, and click the Uninstall button.
        \nFor Windows Xp (or below), double-click Add or Remove Programs, select Mozilla Firefox <Version #> \u00c2\u00a0in the list of installed programs, and click “Remove” to run the uninstaller.<\/li>\n
      3. Delete the Firefox Installation directory, by default, “C:\\program files\\Mozilla Firefox” or “C:\\programs files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox”<\/li>\n
      4. (optional) Remove the Firefox temporary data directory:
        \nWindows 2000\/XP: C:\\Documents and Settings\\\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox
        \nWindows 7\/Vista: C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\Local\\Mozilla\\Firefox<\/li>\n
      5. (optional) Remove:
        \nWindows 7\/Vista: The C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\Local\\VirtualStore\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox folder (if it exists)<\/li>\n
      6. (optional) Remove:
        \nWindows XP and above: Delete all C:\\WINDOWS\\Prefetch\\FIREFOX* files<\/li>\n
      7. If you installed the Quality Feedback Agent component (aka Talkback) in Firefox 2 or below, open the %APPDATA%\\Talkback\\MozillaOrg\\ folder and delete any “Firefox” folders found (e.g., “Firefox10” “Firefox15” and “Firefox2”).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

         <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Of course, the first step is obvious… Exit Firefox completely. \u00c2\u00a0Close the application, and all firefox windows. On Mac OS X: Drag the Firefox application to the Trash. (optional) Remove the Firefox .plist file, from ~\/Library\/Preferences\/org.mozilla.firefox.plist (optional) Remove the User data and settings (Bookmarks, extensions, etc) from ~\/Library\/Application Support\/Firefox On Linux: Remove the firefox installation […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[400],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}