Pocket is a feature that's built into Firefox. You need to have a Pocket account in order to save articles with the Pocket button, which is found in the Firefox toolbar.
This article explains how to remove the Save to Pocket functionality in Firefox.
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Disable Save to Pocket for Firefox
To turn off the Save to Pocket functionality in Firefox, follow these steps:
- Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
A warning page may appear. Click to go to the about:config page. - Type “pocket” in the Search box.
- Click the Toggle
button next to the extensions.pocket.enabled preference to toggle its value to false.
Re-enable Save to Pocket for Firefox
- Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
A warning page may appear. Click to go to the about:config page. - Type “pocket” in the Search box.
- Click the Toggle
button next to the extensions.pocket.enabled preference to toggle its value to true.
Hide the Pocket button in your toolbar
When Pocket is enabled, a Pocket button appears in the toolbar whenever you're on a page that can be saved. You can remove the Pocket button from the toolbar without disabling Pocket.
- Right-clickHold down the control key while you click
the Pocket button(or right-click the button) and click on .
You can always bring Pocket back to your toolbar later:
- Click the menu button
, then click and select
- Drag and drop the Pocket button from the customization panel into your toolbar.
Remove Save to Pocket similar story recommendations
When you save a page to Pocket, you may see links to related articles, which you can click to open and view. If you prefer not to see similar stories when you save a page to Pocket, you can turn this feature off.
- Type about:config in the address bar and press EnterReturn.
A warning page may appear. Click to go to the about:config page. - Type “pocket” in the Search box.
- Click the Toggle
button next to the extensions.pocket.onSaveRecs preference to toggle its value to false.
- Restart Firefox
You will no longer see article suggestions when you save links to your Pocket account.