Oct 23
2009

Quick Tip: Disabling Flash in Firefox

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I didn't realize how easy it was to disable Flash in Firefox until I needed to troubleshoot a problem with a user who had just had their web browsers re-installed after an incident with a computer virus. The web page they were having trouble with included a jQuery-powered file uploader that also leveraged Flash to generate an upload progress bar, and after the browser re-install the page no longer worked correctly.

So here's how you can disable/re-enable Flash in Firefox:

  1. In the Firefox menu bar, click on Tools -> Add-ons
  2. Click on the Plugins button in the Add-ons window.
  3. Click on the entry for "Shockwave Flash" and click the Disable button.

That's it: you don't even need to restart Firefox for the change to take effect.

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