If you still don’t know much about the browser you have installed, in this case Mozilla Firefox or, as many users know it better, Firefox for short, is a browser that is characterized by its many dynamic and intuitive customizations , you can also solve problems with the safe mode that this browser offers you.
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- What are the benefits of disabling safe mode in case of discomfort?
- Disable plugins with problems
- Avoid bad extensions
- How to avoid Mozilla Firefox crashes by removing safe mode?
- Restoring the Firefox profile
- Clearing the Cache
What are the benefits of disabling safe mode in case of discomfort?
First you should know that Firefox, thanks to its settings, offers you the safe mode, which is a special mode and benefits you, since through it you can solve problems as well as present it, but it helps you because it decreases hardware acceleration.
It disables extensions and themes and can reset some of the already determined settings. If you want to know how your computer works better you can do it by comparing it with normal mode and safe mode.
According to the functions of this browser you can find out which page is making Firefox slow , as sometimes it can be a specific page that can cause this problem.
Disable plugins with problems
If you have many problems with the Firefox browser, it may be due to extensions or themes, here I will show you the steps to disable these functions
- To disable extensions, you need to click Menu
- Then you are going to select Plugin and Themes
- Then click on Extensions
- You are going to click on Deactivate so that it is disabled
- You will repeat these steps with each of the extensions you have on the list
- Finally go to Restart Firefox
Once the browser is restarted you will notice that all the extensions were disabled , that way you will check if the problem persists
Avoid bad extensions
The bad extensions are in which your personal data is compromised and can be shared without your realizing it, so to prevent this from happening one of the best solutions is to Reset all Firefox data, follow these steps so you know how to do it in your browser
- Locate the Firefox menu and select the Help option
- Now you are going to click on Troubleshooting Mode
- In the tab that will be displayed you will select Firefox Safe Mode and you will click on startin safe mode
- In this way Firefox protects your personal data more and in case you do not see that it is so. You have to activate all the extensions one by one and then restart the browser if you see that the problem repeats, you will verify that the extension that causes the problems is the last one that you activated.
The Firefox browser also offers you how to modify the home page and windows so that you can customize it your way.
How to avoid Mozilla Firefox crashes by removing safe mode?
If you need to avoid blocking problems, you must first exit the safe mode and you can do it in the following way:
- You must first locate the Firefox menu and in the icon that has the three bars you are going to select it and at the end of the tab there will be the option to Exit
- Once you have pressed Exit, you will restart the browser and run it normally
However, Firefox will also give you the option of how to customize, add and edit new themes to improve your experience when using the browser.
Restoring the Firefox profile
- First you must locate the folder with your profile
- Then you make a backup of your profile
- Then you are going to restore the copy of the profile folder
- After you have restored everything, you log in to the browser and to locate your profile folder you have to go to the toolbar and go to the menu
- You are going to select help and then More information to solve problems
- A window will open with several options and you will locate Basic application settings and you will find Open folder and that way your profile folder will open
Clearing the Cache
If you didn’t know the cache is all that is temporarily saved from the web pages you visit and there are two ways to delete it, from the computer and setting it automatically.
- In the menu bar you will select Settings
- Then you will select the privacy and security panel
- In the option of cookies and site data you will click on Clear data
- Then you will remove the box that is in front of the cookies and site data option
- Now you are going to select the option of Cached web content and click on Clear
To delete the cache automatically, the steps are similar to the previous one, what is going to change is that when you are in the Privacy and Security option, you are going to go to History and you are going to choose the option to Use a personalized configuration for the history, then you are going to Click the Clear history when Firefox closes checkbox.