Linux Tips: Remove annoying firefox update message

Linux Tips: Remove annoying firefox update message

If you do not want to get a prompt from firefox to update every time that you start up your browser (i.e. for whatever reason) - if you're not using the latest version of firefox:

Step 1: Create a directory named: distribution in the same directory as your firefox executable.

Step 2: Create policies.json file under distribution .

Step 3: Input the following into policies.json :-

 {
  "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true
  }
}



Step 4: Save file:- policies.json.

Step 5: Restart firefox.