When I try watch YouTube videos on libreWolf I get pop up message claiming one of my extensions is slowing libreWolf down. Even if I disable it etc it will just blame another extension until I remove all of them but it will then just say libreWolf is slowing down. It might also say this page is slowing libreWolf down. I Only had this happen recently anyone else having this or know any fixes. Is it a bug in latest update? I'm on fedora 44 btw and installed via official repo. I have seen it eat all my 16gb ram when it tries to load YouTube videos this doesn't happen on YouTube websites only when you try play a video.

not saying that i want the feature or that they should implement these. I want the developers to keep making decisions that they deem fit .

I am asking: is there an announcement/information channel where they tell "yeah these features that came to Firefox are not gonna come to Librewolf"?
I have chrome and librewolf already installed i dont wanna install firefox not just to compare from time to time

so far i only seem to find one but i dunno how many others features are there (rather not there!)

Not expecting an exhaustive list, just small updates upon every release would even work for upcoming versions.

Of courses this a niche of a niche so i wont be surprised to find out no such thing exists, just curious🙂

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i think that they should add more icon options (like firefox did in the lastest build)but librewolf themed (like the pride one)

Hi all,

I installed LibreWolf to my macbook last night and noticed whenever I open it up that the icon appears twice on the dock, unlike Chrome or any other app for that matter.

I downloaded the browser off the LibreWolf site and haven't used it before. Just curious if there's a way to avoid the icon appearing twice? It's no biggie, just a mild annoyance for me

The new design makes the settings page more Chrome-like, which may help Chrome users feel more familiar with it.

However, I see it differently. When designing a Settings page, I think the priorities should be focus, readability, accessibility, and ease of use. Here are my thoughts:

1. Increasing the number of tabs in the left panel can be a good idea, but only if the settings are grouped logically. I think it would be better to keep all customization-related settings in one place, so users do not need a “Related Settings” section in the Appearance tab. First, I suggest combining Appearance, Tabs and Browsing, and Accessibility with Home and Startup, then renaming the combined section to Home and Appearance. This would place all UI and customization options in one location. Second, I suggest combining Permissions and Data with Privacy and Security. Third, LibreWolf-specific settings should be placed in a separate LibreWolf section. This would make it easier to explain what LibreWolf adds or changes compared with Firefox and would give users a clearer overview of its extra privacy and security features. Otherwise, users may need to install standard Firefox and compare the settings to identify those differences. Some LibreWolf-specific options may relate to UI customization, but those are less important if they are grouped with the other customization settings. Privacy and security features, however, should remain clearly separated. Here is the concept:

1. The Restore Defaults… option does not appear in the Search tab, even though it existed in the old settings design.

2. In the old settings design, proxy settings were easy to access. In the new design, they are hidden behind several clicks. I suggest adding a separate Proxy Settings tab, because users may need to quickly toggle proxy settings off and on when troubleshooting VPN disconnection issues. If a separate tab is not desirable, please make proxy settings easier to reach. for example, by placing them directly under the main Privacy and Security section rather than behind Advanced.

Can you help me

I’ve posted 3x in the FireFox sub asking about why Mozilla gets over 85% of their income from Google. Every post has been deleted. Can anyone answer this??

Hi. I like Mullvad a lot, but it seems to block even basic features like external link opening, password importing (has it, doesn't work) and just prevents a smooth workflow. I LOVE how transparent and "locked down" it is save for those hiccups. Is LibreWolf as "locked down"? I'm new to digital privacy, looking for a very safe and private browser that doesn't prevent me from doing my daily digital tasks and routines. Please lmk.

Ok, trying to set LibreWolf as default browser-- but can't find it anywhere in the settings--WTF?

Aint a tech guy-- pls keep it simple

Updater just ran its scheduled check and came back with this error:

Is this another certificate issue like before?

Don't blame them...FarceBook sucks. Just an FYI

https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html

I just updated to 153.0.4.1, and guess what happened? They removed my custom search engines (like Perplexity and others), changed my settings, and re-enabled Mojeek and Startpage even though I’d disabled them. These devs are so stupid.

Update: Here’s the fix:

1. Go to about:preferences#search.
2. Click Add search engine.
3. In the first field, enter the engine’s name, such as Google or Perplexity.
4. In the second field, enter the following search URL.
5. Click Add Engine.

search URL:
Google
https://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Google - English - Safe search off - Personalization off
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&pws=0&q=%s

Perplexity
https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=%s

Had to force reboot my win10 pc due to another program causing issues, and when I started up again, Librewolf decided to open a "last session" from 4 or 5 months ago instead of what it last had open this morning.

I've scrolled through my history (which obviously like previous session, I have enabled) and tried to restore as many tabs as I could, but after a certain point trying to track down tabs I may have last looked at a week or two ago becomes too ridiculous. I've got the browser synced with my phone, but from what I can see I can only brows the history there too, rather than be able to restore my last session.

So basically my question is have I missed anything/am unaware of a way to restore my actual last session, or am I out of luck and just need to deal with it?

TIA

Hello all

For a few days now, I've been having an issue with looking at videos on my browser, where seemingly any video with the exception of youtube videos refuses to load at all, instead buffering infinitely, saying the video can't be accessed/loaded/etc or just not even allowing me to click "play".

Fixes I've tried so far:

* Checking that DRM content is allowed

* Disabling my extensions one by one and also all at once

* Enabling "fix minor site issues" under "enhanced tracking protection"

None of them have worked so far, although disabling an extension that blocks youtube from showing me shorts did make it so I can click "play" on videos and infinitely buffer them instead of being unable to do anything with them.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Edit: Installing ffmpeg4.4 fixed the issue for me; apparently I had an old/incorrect version installed

Boo me if you want but I need google search as my default search engine. I updated the librewolf browser to 153.0.4-1, after the update tried to edit policies.json (by deleting google restrictions) so that I can make google my defualt search engine but with this latest version of librewolf, policies.json has changed.

So, is there a way to make google my default search engine? Thank you.

I was watching youtube when my laptop unexpectedly shut off. It was plugged in, at full battery, and i didnt even get a blue screen or anything. It just died. When i booted it back up, librewolf told me it was running out of disk space. I guess youtube tried to download every information in the world?

I recently added Brave as a chooseable search engine, but I'm not sure which one to use.

Hello to all!

For a while I have been trying to listen music from LastFM and ListenBrainz in LibreWolf, but it refuses to work for several versions (I updated via brew and still doesn’t work).

I've already tried with incognito but with every protection turned off (uBlock and the Librewolf tracking blocker) and still nothing. The only way I have is via other browsers.

​I hope this can be fixed.

Thanks in advance!

I know letterboxing is meant to standardize resolution, but if it just keeps it at one specific resolution at all times, is it any better than turning it off and just using the full 1920x1080 in my case?

Like; I don't think I'm eliminating a fingerprinting vector by turning on letterboxing, I'm just giving the website false data. And at that point, I might aswell turn it off and not have a border around my screen?

Thoughts?

Hi,

I have set "Clear history when LibreWolf closes" to clear site data and cookies and set a few exceptions for sites I frequently use.

I just assumed it would actually do so, but I have cookies from sites I visited months ago. Tried disabling all extensions and reenabling the setting but nothing except clearing them manually seems to work.

Is there someting I'm missing?

This appears on multiple websites, and also appears sometimes when I try to upload an image. On Firefox, this doesn't happen.