How to Automatically Remove Trackers from URLs in Firefox on Windows 11 or 10?

Mozilla Firefox version 102 includes a new feature under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section that helps automatically remove trackers from URLs in Windows 11 and 10. Once enabled this feature, Firefox will automatically deduct the tracking parameters (like /dresses?sort=a-z, /women’s-shoes?color=red, or /hotels/Seattle-wa?rating=5-star, etc.) from the URL and prevent you from tracking by sites. Firefox uses a list of known trackers to remove the trackers from the URL. If some query parameter is unknown or a part of that list, then Firefox won’t clean the URLs in such a case.

Primarily, social networking sites place trackers on their sites to collect data about your browsing history and serve targeted ads. But now, Firefox can prevent such sites from tracking you using a new Query Parameter Stripping feature.

This risewindows article will guide you on automatically removing trackers from URLs in Firefox on a Windows 11 or 10 computer.

How to Automatically Remove Trackers from URLs in Firefox on Windows 11 or 10?

Do these steps to automatically remove trackers from URLs in Firefox on Windows 11 or 10:-

Step 1. Open the Firefox browser.

Step 2. Tap on the Open application menu (Three horizontal lines) to select Settings in the drop-down menu.

Step 3. Pick Privacy & Security on the left side of Firefox Settings.

Step 4. Choose the Strict option under the “Enhanced Tracking Protection” section.

Step 5. At last, pick the Reload All Tabs button under “Strict.”

After completing the above steps, the next time you open a URL in Firefox with some tracking parameter, it will automatically clean the URL before loading the page. Also, you will have a clean URL in the address bar.

Though you have enabled the Strict tracking protection, this option works for regular windows only and not for private mode. So, if you want to enable it for private mode, you must perform some more steps.

Do these steps to enable automatic tracker remover from URLs in Firefox on Windows 11 or 10:-

Step 1. Open the Firefox browser.

Step 2. In the address bar, type the following and press Enter key on the keyboard:-

about:config

Step 3. Check or uncheck the option “Warn me when I attempt to access these preferences.”

Step 4. Tap on Accept the Risk and Continue button.

Step 5. After that, the Advanced Preferences page will open.

Step 6. Type privacy.query in the Search box.

Step 7. Double-click on privacy.query_stripping.enabled.pbmode to set the status of this preference from false to true.

Then, exit Firefox and start it again. It will now automatically remove trackers from a URL in private mode also.

This feature is undoubtedly worthwhile. However, it may be possible that some sites may not work fine after enabling this feature. You can change the Enhanced Tracking Protection to Standard or Custom. Also, you need to set privacy.query_stripping.enabled.pbmode preference to false again.

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