So I've been using Chrome and Chromium for last month. I've been to busy (until now) to deal with this further. Sorry I don't remember all the details about the offending addin.

My Firefox preferences (and I think maybe addins too) were still present from the prior installation of Firefox. So then I uninstalled Firefox, rebooted, then reinstalled Firefox. I uninstalled it, but Firefox behaved like that addin was still present. I soon became suspicious that the addin might be malware or spyware. I forgot the name of the addin because this happened a month ago. Recently I installed some addin or app (whatever they're called) into Firefox. (I need the various browsers to check websites that I administrate and sometimes do web design on.) I was a happy Firefox, Chrome, and Chromium user with Linux Mint Sarah 18. Latest version of Firefox, whatever that is. I suspect this may require working in terminal. I'm not sure if I'm still a newbie or maybe intermediate. The following section will explain how to install, update, and uninstall Mozilla Firefox from the command line, using the Mozilla developer PPA repository. Switched to Linux Mint a few years ago and love it. This command will remove Firefox from your system: sudo apt remove firefox Install, update, and uninstall Firefox from Mozilla PPA repository.

After that I can do a fresh install and be confident it's not compromised by a rogue addin.īackground Info and Details (The details - for those who want to know the minutia) Please tell me how to completely uninstall Firefox using command line, including I want to erase/delete all preferences and addins.

Summary: (The bottom line - for those in a hurry)

How do you uninstall mozilla firefox