The ability to turn off Firefox Suggestions in the iPhone app and delete associated data

[mmmayer015]

Hello, I’ve turned off Firefox suggestions and search suggestions in my desktop and laptop browsers and cleared all history and cached data from my account, yet Firefox suggestions still shows up on the iPhone app with data that’s supposed to have been deleted. Where is the data coming from and how do I turn off Firefox suggestions in the iPhone app? I’m using an iPhone 14 Pro.

[Wayne]

I, too, would like Firefox to stop suggesting my bookmarks when entering a search.  It happens in regular browsing and privacy browsing.  There is simply no way to do this now.  Regardless of what the "experts" say, this function is not available under the the three horizonal lines (hamburger) settings icon > search > (toggle off "Show Search Suggestions"). 

I also removed then re-installed the application, which did not help. 

If you don't believe any of this, try it yourself. 

This is not an operator error.  This is a major privacy overlook by the Firefox development team.

[watermillvillag]

hi, i don’t know if this is accurate but i’m seeing two Q1 release dates: 2/20 and 3/19. are these accurate and if so, which date will the fix be included with? until then, what i’ve done to try to avoid this problem is to set my home/new tab to google, which doesn’t suggest my bookmarks. just have to remember to use the webpage to search and not the built-in browser url/toolbar search field (or whatever that’s called) for now.

[jeckle]

Still no way to turn this "feature" off. I type one letter into Firefox on mobile and it instantly fills my screen with manipulative garbage. This is the exact kind of thing that made me leave other browsers for Firefox, but now I guess I need to only use DuckDuckGo. It's depressing to see people raising such legit concerns vs the empty corporate speak PR responses. But you're so welcome for all the following up dude, thanks for explaining how we're just confused, as if you didn't know that people cared about private browsing actually working or their data not being stored after it's supposedly been deleted, as if the feature couldn't be easily removed if you cared about this incredibly obvious feedback.

[chalupabatmansr]

I don’t know why my previous comment wasn’t posted, maybe too real?

File a complaint in iTunes and Google Play App Stores because they can’t claim privacy as a feature with this bug. It should get higher priority in engineering then.

[Joezilla]

Is there any news on when this bug will be fixed? 

[hainew]

It's still there so I guess for now we just wait until the end of Q1.

[QuintonStevens]

Looks like this still isn't fixed in version 124 i got today, must have been overlooked?

[QuintonStevens]

Just updated to version 124 on iOS and still has the issue. To be clear, this setting is already there for Android. If you go to settings, then search, you can see under "Address bar - Firefox suggest" you can turn off search browsing history and search bookmarks.

iOS you can only turn off search suggestions from search engines.

[complaint]

Adding my agreement to everyone in this thread. It's extremely disappointing that a fix for this major privacy breach is being touted as a "feature". I'm unhappy about switching to another browser, but since Firefox cannot fulfill the basics of its purported first priority, I will be researching better options. 

[complaint]

Adding my agreement to everyone in this thread. It's extremely disappointing that Firefox is touting a basic privacy fix as a "feature", and the timeline on fixing this seems to have been unreasonably slow. I'm unhappy about the prospect of switching browsers, but since Firefox is unwilling to fulfill its supposed first priority, I will be looking into better options.

[CWivey]

@Jon  so it’s almost end of Q1 right? Doesn’t seem like this has been addressed yet. Don’t like stuff that I deleted out of my history popping up again. Any updates?

[Foggy]

I have the exact same problem as the OP recounts. I have successfully turned off Firefox suggestions in my desktop browser, but there is no way to turn them off on the iOS, and it's not the same feature as "search suggestions." There is no "Firefox suggest" option under privacy. This is a big problem. I've been a Firefox user for more than a decade but this may make it untenable.

[jop]

Same as @Foggy, I've found how to remove Firefox Suggest on my macbook, but not on iOS.

[EBisME]

I have spent total of THREE HOURS TODAY & countless hours other days trying to stop the Firefox Suggestions. Firefox Help's directions don't immediately help...took quite awhile to find page that informed users this is now a DEFAULT SETTING, & it allows for 3rd parties to send sponsored suggestions. I've been using & encouraging others to use Firefox for 20+ years b/c of its user-friendly-ness, its privacy prioritization, & b/c of open source paradigms➡️its trustworthiness. I am deeply appreciative of the Volunteers who give their time to this platform. I also deeply appreciate that this is a free browser that doesn't give w/one hand & take w/the other. WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? WHAT HAS CAUSED THIS CHANGE IN 'MANAGEMENT' OF THIS VERY VALUABLE, BROWSER-WITH-INTEGRITY? I am using an iPad 7th generation, iOS 16.5➡️ is this an Apple iOS issue? Are there not enough staff &/or Volunteers? Thanks.

[fmn]

yes, this is a ridiculous problem, consider firefox is suppose to respect your privacy etc.  the date today is may 5, 2024 and the problem still exists. how many years does it take for you guy to fix this issue?  i like others, will be dumping firefox for another browser in the very near future if this isn't resolved.  too bad, as i like firefox, but refuse to keep using it if you guys can't come up with a fix.  what are your technical people doing?  it's been going on for well over a year from the posts here that i've seen.