# Privacy Settings

> Alter Firefox's built-in privacy settings easily with a toolbar panel.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-settings](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-settings)

## Overview

- **ID:** `privacy-settings`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jeremy Schomery
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1,145
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.35 / 5 (69 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-29
- **First published:** 2015-06-29
- **Size:** 154 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/privacy-settings/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/schomery/privacy-settings/issues](https://github.com/schomery/privacy-settings/issues)

## Description

The Privacy Settings extension consolidates all built-in Firefox privacy and security settings into a single, easy-to-use toolbar panel. Each configurable option includes clear descriptions, allowing users to quickly adjust features such as network prediction, WebRTC IP handling, safe browsing, password saving, cookie policies, and more—all from one convenient popup.

Designed for seamless control, Privacy Settings helps enhance your browsing privacy by offering direct access to vital configurations without navigating through complex menus. Some settings may be disabled depending on Firefox support. For FAQs, updates, and technical support, users can visit the official Add0n site or the GitHub repository.

## Rankings

- #3,086 — Overall
- #363 — Search Tools
- #1 — settings
- #10 — privacy
- #13 — data privacy
- #119 — panel

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `privacy`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change privacy settings, which if misused, may compromise user privacy.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate Privacy Settings for its quick and convenient access to important privacy controls, like referrer settings and fingerprinting resistance, helping enhance browser privacy. It's also valued for toggling default prompts such as 'Save Password'. However, users express concerns over the developer's lack of response, difficulty understanding certain settings, and a bug with rejecting tracking cookies. Some desire more granular, per-site configuration akin to other extensions.

### Pros

- Provides quick and convenient access to important privacy settings.
- Helps increase browser privacy with options like referrer control and fingerprinting resistance.
- Useful for disabling bothersome default browser prompts like 'Save Password'.
- Allows toggling of key preferences without navigating deep into about:config.

### Cons

- Lack of developer responsiveness to user reviews.
- Some settings might be hard to understand or require effort to configure properly.
- Bug noted where 'Reject tracking cookies' option cannot be selected.
- Customization per website is currently not supported, limiting flexibility.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/privacy-settings)