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Delete non-English dictionaries?

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Ed LeRoy
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The spell-checking dictionaries on my computer now include: French (reform); French (classic); French (classic/reform); and French (modern). I have no clue how they got there, but spell-checking tries to default to French (reform). I don't see a way to delete them. Can anyone help?

Thanks, Ed LeRoy

The spell-checking dictionaries on my computer now include: French (reform); French (classic); French (classic/reform); and French (modern). I have no clue how they got there, but spell-checking tries to default to French (reform). I don't see a way to delete them. Can anyone help? Thanks, Ed LeRoy

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Hello eleroy44, go from Firefox button > Options > options window > Content panel > Languages > Choose... > Remove (the language you want)

see for more info : Languages


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ideato
ideato
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Chosen Solution

Hello eleroy44, go from Firefox button > Options > options window > Content panel > Languages > Choose... > Remove (the language you want)

see for more info : Languages


thank you

Ed LeRoy
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Thanks for your reply, but frankly I don't know what a "Firefox button" is.

ideato
ideato
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Hi, see : Display the Firefox button menu instead of the menu toolbar

thanks

cor-el
cor-el
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The languages tab in the Add-ons manager shows installed language packs.

What you want is to uninstall dictionaries and those appear on the Extensions tab (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions).

If you want to remove them all then simply uninstall the extension.

The 4 French dictionaries are installed via one extension in the dictionaries folder of the extension in the Firefox Profile Folder

  • fr-dicollecte@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org

You can remove the files of the other dictionaries and only leave the two files for the modern version.

  • fr-modern.aff
  • fr-modern.dic

You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder

Modified by cor-el