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Is Firefox going to make an option to disable "Suggested sites" or should I move to Chrome?

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As the question title says, Is Firefox going to make an option to disable "Suggested sites" in tab tiles or should I move to Chrome right now? I am asking this because Firefox has suddenly became the lamest browser in my opinion, forcing ads on users this way...

As the question title says, Is Firefox going to make an option to disable "Suggested sites" in tab tiles or should I move to Chrome right now? I am asking this because Firefox has suddenly became the lamest browser in my opinion, forcing ads on users this way...

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If you want to remove the sponsored directory links on the about:newtab page then use these steps:

You can set the browser.newtabpage.directory.source pref to an empty string on the about:config page.

  • browser.newtabpage.directory.source = <empty>
  • browser.newtabpage.directory.ping = <empty>

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

You can delete the directoryLinks.json file in the parent location of the disk cache to remove the currently stored directory links.

  • delete directoryLinks.json

See the about:cache page for the location of the disk cache and go one level up.

"AppData" (XP: Application Data; Mac: ~/Library; Linux: ~/.mozilla) is a hidden folder.