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Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

coderZalmy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:19:08 GMT

The old menu UI was alot more ergonomic because websites start at the top of the screen so most user interaction would be at the top of the screen especially on large devices.

The new menu UI:

1. Takes up too much of the screen,

2. Requires more button presses to access 80% of the menu,

3. Requires you to reach to opposite sides of the screen too often,

4. Has switched alot of features from toggles/icons to text which makes it harder to identify.

5. You also were able to exit the tab switcher alot easier by either swiping down from the bottom or clicking outside of it from the top.

Therefore imho I think there should be a permanently available option in the settings to switch back to the old UI.

The following posts mention similar issues that wouldn't exist if we could switch back:

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

coderZalmy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:32:44 GMT

Android 14 Menus don't make sense anymore

This post has the wrong name because it's a Firefox change not an Android change, but it's the same thing.

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

coderZalmy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:50:34 GMT

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/please-add-an-option-on-android-to-switch-back-to-the-older-ui/idi-p/118417#M61839

Am I supposed to put this as an "idea" first?

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

emjaykay — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:55:54 GMT

here's how to disable it

1. go to settings, about Firefox, then click the Firefox logo 5 times to activate debug settings

2. go back to the settings menu and then scroll down and you should see the secret settings menu

3. inside the secret settings menu, toggle these four options off

Enable Composable Toolbar
Enable Redesigned Toolbar Options
Enable Toolbar Customization
Enable Tab Manager enhancements

Then go back and everything should be back to how it was. If it doesn't close or force stop the app and reopen it.

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

Pistoffjstr — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:31:06 GMT

That doesn't work.

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

jpicone — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:50:13 GMT

I don't appear to have "enable tab manager enhancements".

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

Lyric — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:59:00 GMT

Disabling Composable Toolbar fixed it for me, thank you very much! New UI making me move my thumb between far corners of the screen was unhinged design.

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

JMAC1978 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:34:14 GMT

Same problem a slution needed

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

JMAC1978 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:35:38 GMT

Same problem a solution needed

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

JMAC1978 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:41:35 GMT

This new ui is impossible to revert, there should be a permanently available option in the settings to switch back to the old UI

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

dounowhoiam — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:37:31 GMT

Been waiting for this to be fixed as was first broken in Nightly Android and then moved over to main release.

Now the disable "Enable Composable Toolbar" bug to use classic efficient menu is broken in latest update of Firefox fork Waterfox. Need adblocker browser that lets me show page source as otherwise I'd just stick with Chrome

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

JMAC1978 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:49:27 GMT

Iceraven have better security and no telemetry but no about: config,fennec and waterfox are using the new ui is criminal bad, the last standing stalion is gona be another chrome clone, sad times ahead, did google pay them to nuke thenselves?

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

1Emilis — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:21:43 GMT

The only way to fix this is to downgrade to version 127.0.3 and then do this.

They might've removed the files for the old UI.

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

1Emilis — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:22:39 GMT

Yeah the new UI sucks, I had to downgrade to an older version to use the old UI again.

If they force me to use the new UI somehow, I will switch to an another browser.

Re: Please add an option on Android to switch back to the older UI

monser — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:34:06 GMT

BTW they broke it again i had the previous ui look bit now it's the new **bleep** again