How to install, update and remove the plugin from Firefox?

Firefox - the main competitor promoted with Windows Internet Explorer (MSIE). Unlike the latter, it has more functionality, more extensions and, more importantly, can check spelling. Also has some protection, although, of course, this should deal with an antivirus with a firewall.

It should be pointed out that the browser is cross-platform and can work not only on Windows. Many necessary plug-ins for Firefox have long been ported to other operating systems, with which the browser can work. So, already mentioned spelling check can be performed not only on Windows, but also on Linux.

Learning about the possibility of extensions for the browser, inexperienced users can sometimes impose so many plug-ins that it starts to really slow down or hang. This raises the question of how to remove the plugin from Firefox. You can not delete, you can just disable - an inactive plug-in will not create problems, but later the question will still pop up. And what to disable, what to delete - all this is done from one window. Below we will look at the removal options, but first we need to understand where and how to find plug-ins.

Installing the Plugin

"Ognelis", as some users call it, has its own huge database of plugins, where you can choose an extension for every taste, color and capability. For example, to check spelling, you need a dictionary plugin. Those dictionaries in the database are several versions, from basic to advanced. The fact that the browser has a Russian interface is also achieved by a plug-in (originally "firelisse" English-speaking).

For example, here is the process of Russifying the portable version or the English language that was mistakenly downloaded.

Against the required version, we click on the button "Russification" (it is highlighted with a square) and on the offer "Install" - we agree. Then restart the browser. The same other extensions are installed from the database.

Sometimes on the third-party sites there are buttons "Install in Firefox". Most often this is some kind of extension for working with this site. To put or not, it's up to the user. The installation of this option does not differ from the installation from the database.

Download music, video

At a separate stage are plug-ins that allow you to download music or video from popular mediahosting and social networks. Some allow you to download only from "VKontakte", some from other resources. For example, the plugin "VKontakte" for Firefox allows you to download pictures, music or video from groups and pages of the "VK" network. At the same time, there are plugins that allow you to send a link to the site to your wall, "VC", "My World" and several other networks.

If the question is only in the download, you can look in the direction of the plug-in from the popular service - "SaveFrom.net". In principle, the service allows you to work without a plug-in - the search string is directly on the site, but using the SaveFrom.net plug-in greatly simplifies the download of a variety of media content. For pages of audio and video recordings "VKontakte" he offers a button "Download" directly on the record, but he understands not only "VC" - the current list of supported sites can be viewed on the main page of the service, but here we mention that among its functions there is the ability to download Videos from Youtube.

On the video page appears the button "Download" green. Pressing the button offers several formats, among which you can select the desired one. Note that the plug-in for the Firefox browser, as for others, is not available in the above-mentioned database - it is installed from the network or from the service site.

Configuring plug-ins

The main actions with plugins, including deletion, are made from a special window. The window wanders from version to version, but regardless of the installed "fire" it is located in the menu "Tools" - "Add-ons". There are several menu sections on the left, but we are interested in the topmost line in the right part of the window. Magnifier, the search field to the left of it and to the left of the gear icon is a drop-down list. This list hides the verification of Firefox plug-ins for new versions.

There are not many settings, but they are common for all. We translate into Russian. Top down. "Check for updates" gives you the opportunity to find updates in the express order - if there is, then install. The second item can show what was and when was last updated. Most often it is useless. The next item is separated by a line, if you reset the browser, maybe you have somewhere on the update disk, you can install them on this button. Two items from below control the update. The second one is usually turned on, and Firefox, after learning about the updates, will immediately put them, and the last you turn on automatics - the browser updates all the plug-ins without asking you. If for some reason you do not want an automatic update - there is a second bottom point for this. Clicking on it, we will uncheck the box, the next update will be at the user's command.

Delete

In the same add-ons window, the question of how to remove the plug-in from Firefox is also solved. Go to the desired menu, select the extension or plug-in, then click the "Delete" button, which appears in the selected line. In case of some difficulties, you can act in several stages. First stop, then delete. Sometimes between these steps the program will need to be restarted.

Febe

The main aspects were dismantled, but one of the chips for which "firelily" is loved by users is the ability to quickly unfold into the familiar form. Imagine the situation - reinstalling the OS. After the new installation, the installation of the programs begins, then each program must be set up in the familiar way for the user. Developers from Mozilla have created an application that will allow in a record time to restore the installed browser the usual look. In this case, even if you downloaded the assembly, you do not have to think about how to remove the plug-in from Firefox, everything will do this extension. All you need is to install it before permutation, save your application settings, bookmarks, visit log and even the bookmarks bar.

After installing Firefox on a new system, you need to install this application again, the applications that are familiar to you and restore their settings. The application is called FEBE. First you need to understand the settings a little, but after several experiments working with the plugin will not be difficult even for the first-grader.

Mozbackup

Let's take a look at the situation when the browser stops running after installing a plug-in curve or a software failure. In this case it does not matter how to remove the plugin from Firefox. It is more important to restore the working capacity of the entire program. For such cases, there are third-party services, such as Mozbackup. On the assurances of the developers, this program works not only with Firefox, the whole line of Mozilla programs is supported.

The program can "pull" out of the disabled browser everything you need - bookmarks, cache, history and among other things "customized" extensions. The program works simply, at first you will be asked what you want to do - "Save" or "Restore". Then in a new window there will be a selection of components that the program can process.

The choice is impressive - from the basic settings to the list of downloads. Select the desired one and, depending on what you selected earlier, restore or save. In the network version is available and with a Russian interface.

Conclusion

Some users are wondering how to update the plugins for Firefox. After all, the program hid this feature from the basic settings. The update works in automatic mode by default, but rebuild this function, manually check, add or remove plug-ins - all this is now from one window.