<a { $donate }>Donate</a> to the { -brand-name-mozilla-foundation } and reclaim the internet from big tech.

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Supporting independent technology: since most major browsers are now running on { -brand-name-chromium }, there are fewer options that don’t feed into the Big Tech machine. { -brand-name-firefox } is backed by a not-for-profit and is dedicated to fixing the internet. Using { -brand-name-firefox } makes you a part of that.

{ -brand-name-firefox } makes privacy protection easy and convenient, so that you don’t have to worry about it.

Since we don’t have to make shareholders happy, we can focus on making <strong>you</strong> happy and always put your privacy and convenience first.

Nearly all major browsers have a private browsing setting. These exist to hide the browsing history from other users on the same computer. Many people think that private browsing or incognito mode will hide both their identity and browsing history from internet service providers, governments and advertisers. They don’t. These settings just clear the history on your system, which is helpful if you’re dealing with sensitive personal information on a shared or public computer. { -brand-name-firefox } goes beyond that.

Easily erase your history, passwords and cookies, so unwanted ads don’t follow you around online. Just tap the erase button on the search field and it’s gone.

Get speed and security. { -brand-name-firefox } is fast because we don’t track your moves.

{ -brand-name-firefox-devtools } now grays out CSS declarations that don’t have an effect on the page. When you hover over the info icon, you’ll see a useful message about why the CSS is not being applied, including a hint about how to fix the problem.

No, we don’t think { -brand-name-chrome } is better than { -brand-name-firefox }, and here is why: when people ask which browser is better, they’re really asking which browser is faster and safer. { -brand-name-firefox } is updated monthly to make sure you have the speediest browser that respects your privacy automatically.

Yep! The { -brand-name-firefox-browser } is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal data.

If ads don’t bother you and you don’t mind being followed by trackers and third-party cookies, then the Standard setting should work for you. To get trackers off your tail in Standard mode, use a <a href="{ $url }">Private Browsing</a> window.

If you don’t want your online behavior used for ads, you can send websites a polite “thanks but no thanks” letter by checking the <a href="{ $url }">Do Not Track</a> option of { -brand-name-firefox }. Participation is voluntary, but the websites that participate will stop tracking you immediately.

These ads might be loud video ads, ads that follow you around the web, trackers, third-party cookies, and more. To use an ad blocker, you can search for ad blocker add-ons that are available in your browser. <a href="{ $firefox }">{ -brand-name-firefox }</a>, for example, has <a href="{ $addons }">this list of approved ad blocker add-ons</a>. Click on this list (or ad blockers that are approved for your browser) and see which fits your needs.

There are { -brand-name-firefox } add-ons that <a { $fbcontainer }>stop Facebook from tracking you around the web</a>, <a { $translate }>translate text into other languages</a>, <a { $language }>check your spelling or grammar</a>, or <a { $customize }>spruce up the way your browser looks</a>. You’ll find these and thousands of other free extensions at <a { $amo }>addons.mozilla.org</a>.

You can find more free custom themes at <a { $amo }>addons.mozilla.org</a>. Browse the <a { $top }>top-rated</a>, <a { $trending }>trending</a> and <a { $recommended }>most recommended</a> themes. Or look for themes by category, including <a { $music }>music</a>, <a { $seasonal }>seasonal</a>, <a { $sports }>sports</a>, and <a { $nature }>nature</a>. Tailor your experience to your tastes. Cute critters, evil robots, beautiful landscapes — there are thousands of options to make { -brand-name-firefox } your own.

The practice of fingerprinting allows you to be <a { $url_tracked }>tracked for months</a>, even when you clear your browser storage or use private browsing mode — disregarding clear indications from you that you don’t want to be tracked. Despite a near complete agreement between <a { $url_standards }>standards</a> <a { $url_bodies }>bodies</a> and <a { $url_browser }>browser</a> <a { $url_vendors }>vendors</a> that fingerprinting is <a { $url_harmful }>harmful</a>, its use on the web <a { $url_has }>has</a> <a { $url_steadily }>steadily</a> <a { $url_increased }>increased</a> over the past decade.

You probably wouldn’t appreciate someone tracking your moves in real life. There’s no reason to accept it online. If you don’t already have { -brand-name-firefox }, <a { $url_download }>download and protect yourself</a> from digital fingerprinting.

Entertain cats, dogs and kids while you get work done

{ -brand-name-firefox } Picture-in-Picture: Get more done with pop-out videos

Get more done with pop-out videos

They’re small, and you can’t close them accidentally because they don’t have a close button. Instead, you have to unpin them.

<em>Sidenote:</em> We are not big tech. We do things differently. Being independent (no shareholders) allows us to put people first, before profit. Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data.

Private browsing mode opens a new browser window. When you close the last private browsing window, your browsing history and any tracking cookies from websites you visited will be erased. <strong>{ -brand-name-firefox } Pro Tip:</strong> Don’t forget to close all your private browsing windows when you’re done!

All your data is encrypted on our servers so we can’t read it – only you can access it. We don’t sell your info to advertisers because that would go against our <a href="{ $privacy }">data privacy promise</a>.

While other browsers rely on cloud services, the { -brand-name-firefox } Translations language models are downloaded on the user’s browser and translations are done locally, so { -brand-name-mozilla } doesn’t record what webpages you translate.

We worry about your data safety so you don’t have to.

Social networks know a lot about you. Plus, they’re able to track you beyond their platforms with their Share and Like buttons despite Tracking Protection — even if you don’t have an account. The <a href="{ $container }">{ -brand-name-facebook-container }</a> for { -brand-name-firefox } makes sure that { -brand-name-facebook } and { -brand-name-instagram } can’t do this so easily, which again reduces the probability of seeing misinformation via ads and promoted content significantly.

When you receive content recommendations on any website or social network, it’s often because an algorithm presents information based on your profile information. Unfortunately, although algorithms are getting smarter and smarter, they don’t check content for accuracy. This is particularly problematic with social media: These networks surface countless pieces of information for their users every day and have access to almost unlimited content including user posts, news articles, ads and sponsored content. While posts and articles may accidentally spread misinformation, ads and sponsored content can be used to target you deliberately with disinformation to manipulate you, making it essential you know how to identify misinformation.

Get all the speed and tools with none of the invasions of privacy. { -brand-name-firefox-browser } collects so little data about you, we don’t even require your email address to download. That’s because unlike other browsers, we have no financial stake in following you around the web.

Get speed and security. { -brand-name-firefox } is fast on { -brand-name-mac-short } because we don’t track your moves.

Do you experience crashes? Unexpected behavior? Web compatibility regressions? We’d love to get them filed in <a href="{ $bugzilla }">{ -brand-name-bugzilla }</a> to make sure they don’t make it to the final release (extra karma if you add the <em>{ -brand-name-nightly }-community</em> keyword to your bug reports)!