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To reset your useragent string to its compiled-in default:
To reset your useragent string to its compiled-in default:


# Type [[about:config]] in the Location Bar, then hit Enter.
# Type [[about:config]] in the Location Bar, then hit Enter. ''(For Thunderbird, click "[[Menu differences in Windows, Linux and Mac|Tools -> Options]] -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor" instead.)''
# Enter '''general.useragent''' in the Filter box.
# Enter '''general.useragent''' in the Filter box.
# If any of the preferences still displayed are '''user set''', right-click it, then "Reset".
# If any of the preferences still displayed are '''user set''', right-click it, then "Reset".


Warning: If you have a [[user.js]] file, any preferences set by it will be set again the next time you restart the concerned application.
Warning: If you have a [[user.js]] file, any preferences set by it will be set again the next time you restart the concerned application.

Revision as of 06:58, 23 October 2007

To reset your useragent string to its compiled-in default:

  1. Type about:config in the Location Bar, then hit Enter. (For Thunderbird, click "Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor" instead.)
  2. Enter general.useragent in the Filter box.
  3. If any of the preferences still displayed are user set, right-click it, then "Reset".

Warning: If you have a user.js file, any preferences set by it will be set again the next time you restart the concerned application.