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You can personalize your New Tab page to show the search box, your most visited sites, recommended stories, pages you’ve visited or bookmarked recently, or nothing at all. This article will show you how to change this content. For other changes you can make to your New Tab page, such as customizing your Top Sites, see Customize items on your Waterfox New Tab page . To change the page that opens when you start Waterfox or open a new window, see How to set the home page . Change your New Tab page content Click the menu button and select Settings. Select the Home panel. Under Waterfox Home Content , put a checkmark next to the sections you want to see on your New Tab page. Some sections have a drop-down panel to choose the number of rows you want to view. Web Search: This turns the Search the Web box on or off on the New Tab page. Top Sites: This shows your most visited sites. Sponsored Top Sites: Select this check box to see the occas...

To continue supporting Windows 10 after October 14, 2025, you must upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program (which is a paid service for consumers), or use an alternative operating system such as a Linux distribution. Options for continued support Upgrade to Windows 11: If your PC meets the minimum requirements, the easiest option is to upgrade to Windows 11. You can check compatibility on the Microsoft website and check for updates in Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. Extended Security Updates (ESU) program: If you need more time, you can enroll in Microsoft's ESU program. To do this, your device must be running the latest version of Windows 10 (22H2), and you must pay the annual subscription fee. To enroll, go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and select Add a device. Switching to Linux: If your computer isn't compatible with Windows 11, a free alternative is to insta...

The Waterfox New Tab page displays shortcuts (sites you visit the most) and your recently visited or bookmarked sites. You can customize this content by following the instructions below. Note To learn about other ways to change your New Tab display (such as to hide or show different sections or to show a blank New Tab page) see this article . Tiles displayed in Shortcuts (most visited) and Recent activity (sites recently visited or bookmarked) sections of the New Tab page will change based on browsing behavior, but you can pin Shortcuts or remove these tiles. Customize your Shortcuts Your Shortcuts are the sites you visit most and the sites that you choose to Pin for easy access. These sites will also appear when you click on the address bar to start a search. Hover the mouse pointer over a Shortcut. Click the three-dot menu that appears in the upper right corner of the Shortcut. From here, you can choose to Pin, Edit or Dismiss (remove) the Shortcut. Add ...

This article describes how Waterfox handles downloaded files for different types of content, such as saving a file or opening an application installed on your computer, and how you can change that behavior. For help with problems downloading files, see What to do if you can’t download or save files . For help with embedded media on web pages, see Fix common audio and video issues . For help changing the e-mail program Waterfox uses, see Change the program used to open email links . File types and download actions When you click on a link to download a file, you may see a dialog asking whether you want to save the file or open it with a specific application, if there is no download action already set for that file type. The Media type , also called the MIME type or Content type , as configured by the web server, will determine what action Waterfox will take. Waterfox will not be able to properly handle a file if a misconfigured web server sends it with an incorrect...

The Waterfox address bar displays the URL (web address) for the page that you are visiting. When you type into this field to enter a URL or search term, Waterfox remembers the pages that you have visited and shows page suggestions in the address bar drop-down, such as sites you’ve bookmarked, tagged, visited before or have open in tabs. This article explains how the address bar autocomplete feature works. How do I use the autocomplete list? Just start typing in the address bar. Suggestions from your browsing history, bookmarks, and tabs will be listed, underneath what you’ve typed. (If you click on the address bar without typing into it, a drop-down list of your most visited or pinned sites will be displayed instead.) The autocomplete drop-down when you type into the address bar may include the following. Page titles and web addresses from your browsing history. Page titles, web addresses and tags from your bookmarks. Pages you currently have open in other tabs ...