Disable or Remove Firefox Relay Service in Firefox Browser

Starting from Firefox 111.0 version, Mozilla team has integrated its “Firefox Relay” service in the built-in Passwords Manager or Credential Manager tool of Firefox web browser. This new service allows users to mask their email address to improve privacy by showing a new promotional message for Firefox Relay service inside the auto-fill email drop-down box on websites. If you don’t want to use the new service, you can disable or remove Firefox Relay from Firefox browser using this article.

What is Firefox Relay Service?

Firefox Relay service is a tool provided by Mozilla team which allows users to mask their email addresses to improve the privacy. It automatically masks your email ID while filling out online forms. Thus your email ID remains private. It forwards the received emails to your real email address. So basically Firefox Relay allows you to hide your real email address from websites which you don’t trust.

In past, Firefox Relay service could be used by installing its extension from official Firefox Relay website. In newer versions of Firefox, Mozilla has integrated Firefox Relay service into the built-in Password Manager tool in Firefox web browser.

So Firefox users are no longer required to visit Firefox Relay website and install the extension manually. They can start using Firefox Relay directly using Firefox Settings page.

How to Enable Firefox Relay in Firefox Browser?

By default, Firefox Relay is deactivated and disabled in Firefox. Interested users can enable it using Firefox Settings page as mentioned below:

1. Open Firefox Settings (about:preferences) page.

2. Click on “Privacy & Security” section in left-side pane.

3. In right-side pane, scroll down to Login and Passwords section and check “Enable Firefox Relay in your Firefox password manager” option.

If the option is grayed out, you’ll need to first enable the built-in Password Manager tool by enabling the “Ask to save logins and passwords for websites” option. Now you’ll be able to enable Firefox Relay option.

Now you can start using Firefox Relay using your Firefox Account. Whenever you’ll try to enter an email address inside an email textbox present on any online form, Firefox will show a new option “Protect your email address – Add Firefox Relay” in the auto-fill drop-down box.

You can click on the option to create a mask for your email address using Firefox Relay.

Firefox Relay comes in 2 versions: Free and Premium. Free version allows users to create up to 5 email masks. The Premium versions comes with unlimited email masks along with additional features such as Phone number masking, unique Relay email domain, etc.

How to Disable or Remove Firefox Relay from Firefox Browser?

If you don’t like the new Firefox Relay service in Firefox web browser, you can permanently disable and remove it using following steps:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox and type about:config in the address bar and press Enter. It’ll show you a warning message, click on “Accept the Risk and Continue” button. It’ll open Firefox’s hidden secret advanced configuration page i.e. about:config page.

2. Now type relay in Search filter box and look for following preference in the window:

The preference value is set to available by default which means Firefox Relay is activated and running in your browser.

3. To deactivate and disable entire Firefox Relay feature, double-click on signon.firefoxRelay.feature preference and delete its value i.e. empty the value field. You can also change its value to false or 0 or disabled.

That’s it. It’ll immediately disable Firefox Relay service in your Firefox browser. If you check Firefox Settings, the new option “Enable Firefox Relay in your Firefox password manager” will be gone forever.

In future, if you decide to restore Firefox Relay service, again go to above mentioned option on about:config page and click on the tiny Arrow button or icon given next to the Pencil icon. It’ll reset the preference value and Firefox Relay will be enabled again in Firefox.

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