Don’t want AI in your browser? Firefox now lets you shut it off
Firefox offers a kill switch to disable translations, chatbots and other AI features with a single click. Credit: Fritz Mozilla has added a new kill switch for AI features to its Firefox browser. This allows you to disable everything related to artificial intelligence with a single click.
- ▪Firefox offers a kill switch to disable translations, chatbots and other AI features with a single click.
- ▪Credit: Fritz Mozilla has added a new kill switch for AI features to its Firefox browser.
- ▪This allows you to disable everything related to artificial intelligence with a single click.
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| Original publisher | PCWorld |
| Canonical URL | https://www.pcworld.com/article/3210537/disable-all-ai-features-in-firefox-with-just-one-click.html |
| Publication time | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:07:27 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-11T15:10:42.145Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-11T15:10:42.145Z |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Firefox offers a kill switch to disable translations, chatbots and other AI features with a single click. Credit: Fritz Mozilla has added a new kill switch for AI features to its Firefox browser. This allows you to disable everything related to artificial intelligence with a single click. First, you need version 148 of Firefox installed. You can find the version number in Settings under Help > About Firefox. The kill switch lives in the Settings menu. To access it, click on the three horizontal lines in the top right-hand corner. From there, scroll down and click on AI controls. You’ll see a box called Block AI Enhancements, which is set to Off by default. Foundry / Ashley Biancuzzo If you toggle it to On, a window will appear in which you must confirm the change by clicking Block.
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