Firefox says "Your browser is being managed by your organisation."

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#1

Firefox says "Your browser is being managed by your organisation." I don't want any organisation controlling Firefox, since I am interested in security.

It makes me not have confidence in Ubuntu MATE.

How can I fix this problem.

#2

Welcome
UM22.04
Didn't say your version but this discusses it on 22.04

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1408745/firefox-your-browser-is-being-managed-by-your-organization

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#3

Thanks very much for your reply.

Please note that Ubuntu Gnome 22.04 does not have this problem, even though it gets it Firefox as a snap application also.

It is Ubuntu MATE 22.04 that I am referring to for this question, but when I click on that statement, that is, "Your browser is being managed by your organisation," this is what I get:

Policy Name Policy Value
Homepage URL "https://start.ubuntu-mate.org/"
Locked false
StartPage "homepage"

Is this the only thing that was changed, and how can I be sure? Also, how can I delete this so that it no longer has any control?

Thanks very much for your patience.

#4

OK In my post above I am on UM22.04 also. That aside leads to question do you have Firefox now as snap?
I do not get that message but I am using a tar package which I changed to with the help of this post:

https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/firefox-installation-guide-non-snap/25299/22

When I upgraded from UM20.04 which had snapd removed, had to again remove it due to reinstalling itself as referenced in the post. Also have removed flat0ak for similar loss of control.

#5

Thanks again. I plan to try it---see if it works for me.