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How do I get rid of the new bar at the bottom of the Mozilla Firefox Start Page?

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My PC's updated to the latest Firefox version, and I don't like it. Is there any way to change it so that I don't get bar at the bottom of the start page and disable the grid that comes with blank tabs without resorting to downgrading?

My PC's updated to the latest Firefox version, and I don't like it. Is there any way to change it so that I don't get bar at the bottom of the start page and disable the grid that comes with blank tabs without resorting to downgrading?

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For the home page, I suspect you would need to install a custom style rule to suppress the buttons. Or someone might create an add-on to do it. Or you could just change your home page to http://www.google.com/.

To change back to a blank new tab, you can use the about:config preferences editor to do that. See this article: New Tab Page – show, hide and customize top sites > How do I turn the new tab page off.

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For the home page, I suspect you would need to install a custom style rule to suppress the buttons. Or someone might create an add-on to do it. Or you could just change your home page to http://www.google.com/.

To change back to a blank new tab, you can use the about:config preferences editor to do that. See this article: New Tab Page – show, hide and customize top sites > How do I turn the new tab page off.

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Thank you! :) I've managed to disable the tab grid, but I'm going to leave the home page until someone does do an add-on for it. Thanks again.