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Waterfox options, preferences and settings

This article summarizes the Waterfox Options panels and what types of settings they contain. Click the menu button menu button and select Settings.

The following panels are available:

General panel

This panel contains the following types of settings:

General

Startup and Tabs: This is where you can set Waterfox as your default browser, set Waterfox to restore your previous session at startup and choose how tabs are opened.

Language and Appearance

Fonts and Colors, Zoom and Language: This is where you can change the fonts and colors websites use, where to change the size of webpage content, where you can choose the language to display menus, notifications, messages and other parts of the Waterfox interface, where to choose a preferred display language for web pages and where you can choose to use the Waterfox spell checker.

Files and Applications

Downloads, Applications and Digital Rights Management (DRM) Content: This is where you can change the download folder Waterfox uses to save files, change the application used or the action taken for different file types and choose whether to Watch DRM content in Waterfox.

Waterfox Updates

This is where you can check your update history or change update settings for Waterfox.

Performance

This is where you can customize performance settings in Waterfox.

Browsing

This is where you can choose settings for scrolling, using the cursor (Caret Browsing mode) or searching for text in webpages.

Network Settings

This is where you can change Waterfox connection settings and set a proxy to connect to the Internet.

Home panel

This panel contains the following types of settings:

New Windows and Tabs

This is where you can choose what you see when you open your home page, a new Waterfox window or a new tab. You can set your home page to the default Waterfox homepage, a blank page or a custom URL; you can set new tabs to open the default Waterfox home page or a blank page.

Waterfox Home Content

This is where you can hide or display content on the default Waterfox homepage or New Tab page including Web Search, shortcuts to most visited sites and recent activity. For more information about these features, see Customize items on your Waterfox New Tab page.

Search panel

This panel contains settings related to the search engine Waterfox uses by default and other search settings. For more information, see Change your default search settings in Waterfox.

Privacy & Security panel

This panel contains the following types of settings:

Browser Privacy

Enhanced Tracking Protection, Cookies and Site Data, Forms & Passwords, History and Address Bar: This is where you can control settings for the Waterfox Enhanced Tracking Protection and Do Not Track features, manage website cookies, website data storage and cached web content, where you can set how to fill in forms and manage passwords, manage your browsing, download, search and form history and set how the address bar works.

Permissions

This is where you can decide whether websites can send you Web Push notifications, show you pop-up windows and whether Waterfox should warn you when websites try to install add-ons.

Security

Deceptive Content and Dangerous Software Protection, Certificates and HTTPS-Only Mode: This is where you can view and manage website certificates and security devices, block dangerous content or downloads and enable or disable HTTPS-Only Mode in Waterfox.

Sync panel

This panel lets you set up or manage a Mozilla Account, which is needed to access certain Mozilla services, including Sync. See How do I set up Sync on my computer? for more information.