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cerebrou
Asked: 2022-04-03 05:19:11 +0800 CST

Firefox issue: Your browser is being managed by your organization

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When I open Firefox, suddenly I cannot change some of the settings (such as site notifications or default browser) and I get a message "Your browser is being managed by your organization". Then when I press it, I get a list: Policy Name Policy Value DisableAppUpdate true, DontCheckDefaultBrowser true

How can I regain the control and functionality of Firefox?

Note: I don't use Avast, nor AVG. Ubuntu version, 20.04. It's a personal computer.

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2 Answers

  1. First open the settings (the 'hamburger', three stripes below eachother, on the right). Go to help, click on it, and go to about Firefox and click. Now you can see what version you are running. See screenshot of HomerSimpson. You probably run the flatpak.

    Open a new tab and type about:config. Search for Policy Name Policy Value DisableAppUpdate. In my case it didn't excist (flatpak). So I made it by clicking on the + and changed the value from false to true by clicking on the double arrows.

    Then I searched for DefaultBrowser and changed the two lines true to false and false to true.(see screenshots, changes are bold)[enter image description hereenter image description here.
    If you want more freedom download the Firefox Webbrowser. Read the discription. The upper one is the flatpak! enter image description here, while the one below that is the Ubuntu Canonical version (size=smaller)enter image description here

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  2. That is due to it being a snap- or flatpak-version of Firefox.enter image description here enter image description here.
    They have different icons as well. enter image description here enter image description here

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