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How do I delete preference entries in about:config?

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Datalyss
Datalyss
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I have some entries that were added when I installed Zoom Player. These entries refer to a search engine called "conduit". How do I get rid of these entries?

I have some entries that were added when I installed Zoom Player. These entries refer to a search engine called "conduit". How do I get rid of these entries?

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You can right-click prefs that you no longer need and use Reset in the right-click context menu. They will be removed on the next start of Firefox.

Alternatively you can edit them out of the prefs.js file.

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Swarnava Sengupta
Swarnava Sengupta
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I suggest you to do a Reset, that will clean everything!

See Reset Firefox preferences to troubleshoot and fix problems

ideato
ideato
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Hello Datalyss, also try to use the SearchReset add-on to reset some preferences to the default values (the add-on only runs one tome and then uninstalls automatically).

thank you

cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You can right-click prefs that you no longer need and use Reset in the right-click context menu. They will be removed on the next start of Firefox.

Alternatively you can edit them out of the prefs.js file.

Modified by cor-el