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How do I permanently disable private browsing?

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How do I permanently disable private browsing?

How do I permanently disable private browsing?

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This extension disables Private Browsing, hides all the PB menu items and disables the keyboard control.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-private-browsing/

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the-edmeister
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This extension disables Private Browsing, hides all the PB menu items and disables the keyboard control.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-private-browsing/

cor-el
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Be aware that you only need to hold down the Shift key while starting Firefox to start in Safe mode and disable all extensions and be able to use Private Browsing mode.