If you enable this setting, no new site can ask for any permission. If a site is already enlisted in the Allow list, it can ask for permission. Other sites cannot do the same unless or until you disable this setting manually.
How to stop Firefox from asking for permissions from new sites
To stop Firefox from asking for permissions from new sites, follow these steps in Group Policy Editor: Let’s check out these steps in detail to learn more. To get started, you need to press Win+R to open the Run dialog, type gpedit.msc, and hit the Enter button to open the Local Group Policy Editor. Then, navigate to this path: Here you can find several sub-folder named Camera, Location, Microphone, etc. You need to open the Camera folder and double-click on the Block new requests asking to access the camera setting.
Then, choose the Enabled option to turn on this function. Next, click the OK button to save the change. After that, you need to repeat the same steps in other folders as well. Finally, close all windows and restart the Firefox browser on your computer. If you want to revert to the original setting or want to allow any site to ask for permissions, you can open the same setting in the Local Group Policy Editor and choose the Not Configured option.
How to stop Firefox from asking for permissions from new sites using Registry
To stop Firefox from asking for permissions from new sites using Registry, follow these steps: To learn more about these steps, keep reading. First, you need to open the Registry Editor. For that, search for registry editor in the Taskbar search box, click on the search result and click the Yes button on the UAC prompt. Then, navigate to this path: However, if you want to apply this setting for all users, you need to go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Then, right-click on Firefox > New > Key and name it Permissions.
Repeat the same steps in the Permissions key to create a sub-key named Camera.
However, if you want to disable other permissions, you need to name it Notifications, Location, and so on. Next, right-click on Camera > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and set the name as BlockNewRequests.
Double-click on it to set the Value data as 1 and click the OK button.
Finally, close all windows and restart your computer. Read: Prevent users from changing Camera, Location, Microphone preferences in Firefox
How do I stop Firefox from suggesting websites?
To stop Firefox from suggesting websites, you need to follow this guide. For that, open the Firefox settings or Options panel and go to the Search section. Then, find the Provide search suggestions setting and remove the tick from the corresponding checkbox. It will remove the search suggestions automatically.
How do I stop Firefox from being managed by my organization?
Firefox shows a Managed by your organization message only when you have enabled a setting via Local Group Policy Editor or Registry Editor. To remove this message, you need to open any of those utilities and find out the enabled or disabled settings. Following that, you need to set the value as Not Configured. That’s all! Hope this guide helped you. Read: How to Disable Add-on installation in Firefox using Group Policy or Registry Editor
