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Prevent Firefox from starting automatically

Monique Lonardi
Monique Lonardi
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I have followed the steps in the "Prevent Firefox from starting automatically" article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-starts-automatically-when-i-restart-window

But Firefox keeps starting automatically when I restart my computer. Attached is an image of how the settings are now.

What should I do? This is a bit annoying. I don't use Firefox as my main browser but I work as a customer success manager for an online platform and always need to do some tests on Firefox, but I don't want it to start automatically when I turn on my computer.

I'll for instructions.

Thank you

I have followed the steps in the "Prevent Firefox from starting automatically" article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-starts-automatically-when-i-restart-window But Firefox keeps starting automatically when I restart my computer. Attached is an image of how the settings are now. What should I do? This is a bit annoying. I don't use Firefox as my main browser but I work as a customer success manager for an online platform and always need to do some tests on Firefox, but I don't want it to start automatically when I turn on my computer. I'll for instructions. Thank you
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You can check the "Login Items".

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zeroknight
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That setting is only relevant to Windows. If you quit Firefox (Command+Q) before system shutdown, does it still start automatically?

cor-el
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You can check the "Login Items".

Modified by cor-el

Monique Lonardi
Monique Lonardi Question owner
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Thank you for the response. I followed the steps in this article https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/open-items-automatically-when-you-log-in-mh15189/mac and managed to disable this option within Mac system.