Find out how to block all current as well as new AI features and AI chatbot in the Firefox web browser on your Mac, PC, iPhone, and Android phone.
Many apps and services are embracing AI, often times introducing features users didn’t ask for or don’t find useful.
Firefox has also added some AI features to its web browser, but it also gives you the option to easily turn them off. This is a thoughtful point, as anti-AI sentiment is growing rapidly, with even the Pope chiming in on it.
Additionally, providing an easy option to turn off the AI features that many users don’t want also helps distinguish Firefox from Chrome, the latter of which increasingly feels cluttered with AI tools that Google keeps shoving down our throats.
Block all AI features in Firefox or just specific ones
Mozilla Firefox gives you a single master switch to block all current and future generative AI features.
Aside from that, you can also choose to block just the specific AI features in the browser. So, for instance, if you don’t want to use the feature that shows a quick summary before opening a link, you can turn it off, while keeping the handy AI translations features still enabled.
Before you begin: Update your Firefox browser to the latest version, as this feature was added recently.
On computer
1) Open Firefox on your Mac or Windows PC and click the hamburger menu icon in the top right corner, followed by Settings. You can also copy and visit this link directly in Firefox: about:preferences#ai
2) Select AI Controls from the left sidebar.
3) Turn on the “Block AI enhancements” master switch at the top to disable all AI features in the browser.
4) Or, click the menu option next to each allowed AI feature, and select Blocked.
5) Alternatively, you can enable the “Block AI enhancements” switch to turn everything off, but selectively enable specific AI features you want to use.
6) And as far as the Firefox AI chatbot in the sidebar is concerned, you can select a desired provider like Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot, Le Chat Mistral, or just block it altogether.
7) Finally, quit and reopen Firefox now or later at a convenient time for the new changes to fully come into effect.
On iPhone
- Open the updated Firefox application on your iPhone and tap the three dots menu icon, followed by Settings.
- Tap AI Controls.
- Turn on Block AI Enhancements to nuke everything. Or turn it off for selected AI-powered features like Translations and Page Summaries.
On Android phone
- Update the Firefox app from the Google Play Store and open it.
- Tap the three-dot menu icon, then select Settings.
- Tap AI controls.
- Enable the master switch for Block AI enhancements to turn off all AI features. Or switch off just the specific AI features, like voice search and translation.
If you ever change your mind and need to use these AI features again, just return to the AI controls settings pane and flip their switches back.
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