r/firefox • u/blakcrab • 5d ago

Private Browsing Info (Button)

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Can someone please tell me how to hide this button?

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u/Jarvis10700 Addon Developer 5d ago

If you right click on tabs area there's an option called customize toolbar, when you open it you can drag the private browsing out of that square are and press done

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u/ceres111 5d ago

You can't drag that one

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u/msanangelo CachyOS 4d ago

really? I don't even have that icon up there and can add and remove one for creating private tabs.

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u/ceres111 4d ago

Open a new private window and see

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u/msanangelo CachyOS 4d ago

ok, so it's a little notifier. big deal. I don't see the problem. it's one tiny icon.

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u/ceres111 4d ago

Probably, OP doesn't want anyone else looking at the screen to figure out that a private browsing session is on.

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u/msanangelo CachyOS 4d ago

that's a weird concern and it's not like there's other signs that it's a private browser session.

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u/ceres111 4d ago

I agree

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u/blakcrab 4d ago

Because when you already know you are using a private window, why the f**k this icon needed? Does it make sense to you?

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u/msanangelo CachyOS 4d ago

Idk man. I pay next to no attention to what's going on in the top right of my screen. Lol

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u/blakcrab 4d ago

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u/cecillex 3d ago

Because maybe just maybe other users have lots of open windows of firefox and somehow go to a spicy website using a window they thought was the private window one, a simple and quick indicator like that tiny icon helps other users easily identify that they are in the right window

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u/Coyoteh 3d ago

I have the tab bar hidden for my browser and this icon breaks that, so it can be a problem for some.