Corduroy Frog Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Have been using Firefox for years, instead of Google Chrome. After years of use, all-of-a-sudden I'm getting interrupted by News messages from Firefox. They are all news, but rather obscure in the current stream of current events. And of course, you can click on the messages to see more (I don't). Can anyone tell me how to block these messages, or if this can't be done, maybe recommend another browser? I've been hearing a lot about DuckDuckGo. Quote
Lee B Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 How do I get rid of news feed on Firefox? Click the "Display Your Bookmarks" icon -- a transparent star on a gray background -- on the Navigation toolbar, if available. Select "Bookmarks Toolbar," locate the news feed folder you want to disable, right-click it and select "Delete." 4 Quote
Corduroy Frog Posted January 29 Author Report Posted January 29 I followed Lee's instructions, even though some of my icons were different (probably I have a different version than Lee). So far, so good. If they recur, I'll holler. Thanks 1 Quote
GLJEANNE Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 I use Firefox too, once you turn off the feed it's clean. But fyi, DuckDuckGo is a search engine not a browser (unless that's changed). I tried switching to them for searches, and got the most bizarre non-results. Searched for something regarding APTC, got one article from Forbes about it, but all the other results were Wiki pages for people and places and things that had zip to do with my question. Kinda turned me off them, lol. Though I would like to switch out of using Google. 1 Quote
Lee B Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 DuckDuckGo is now also a browser. It doesn't save search history so that can be limiting. 1 Quote
Abby Normal Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Also a longtime user of Firefox. Never had the issue you describe. I keep my New Tab clean. I use Ecosia for searches now because it's private and they use profits to plant trees. They have a Firefox extension now. https://www.ecosia.org/ 2 Quote
jklcpa Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Long-time Firefox here also, and my Bookmarks Toolbar is empty. It's been set up so long ago, I didn't know that news feed would be there, and that would be annoying to have junk stories as I work.. 2 Quote
Margaret CPA in OH Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Long time FF user here, too. I don't believe I've ever seen a newsfeed. That would annoy me a lot! 1 Quote
Corduroy Frog Posted January 30 Author Report Posted January 30 The newsfeeds have stopped since I followed Lee's instructions. 2 Quote
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