This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Firefox portable

more options

Hi,

i have laptop only for work and business use. We are not allowed to install firefox.

My question is: if i run firefox portable from my usb stick can this see anyone? or firefox don't leave anything on my pc?

Hi, i have laptop only for work and business use. We are not allowed to install firefox. My question is: if i run firefox portable from my usb stick can this see anyone? or firefox don't leave anything on my pc?

All Replies (1)

more options

Firefox Portable is a 3rd party version. Support is over here:
http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable

See item #4.
http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable/faq

That said, Firefox Portable installs nothing on the PC it is plugged into, but if you would use it on your employers network "they" can read the user agent of FP - so, yes "they" would know that you are using Firefox.