- Mozilla Firefox 148 will soon have an AI kill switch
- This addition can disable all AI features in one go
- You can also disable AI tools individually, if you wish
Firefox is often chosen by people who don’t like the direction Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers are taking. And as browser makers rush to pack their products with as much artificial intelligence (AI) as possible, Firefox is taking a different tack, introducing an “AI kill switch” that disables all AI features in the Mozilla app.
In a blog post about the decision, Mozilla says users will get the feature with the Firefox 148 update, which arrives on February 24. Not only will this allow you to manage individual AI features within the browser, but you will also be able to disable them entirely with a single click.
In addition to the all-in-one kill switch, you’ll be able to choose whether to enable or disable the following features: translations, alt text in PDF files, AI-powered tab grouping, link previews, and the AI chatbot found in the browser sidebar.
Mozilla sparked something of a backlash in late 2025 when it announced it would bring AI features to the Firefox browser. Although they run on your device, meaning your information is not sent to any company’s cloud servers, many users were unhappy with the arrival of AI features in a browser like Firefox, which has often tried to differentiate itself from rival offerings.
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Mozilla’s latest move appears to have had a positive reaction in some quarters of the Internet. Responding to the announcement on Reddit, user jpsreddit85 joked: “It says a lot about the future state of AI when the most requested feature is to disable it.” Meanwhile, user David-J commented that “Someone is reading the room.”
As a long-time Firefox user, this seems like the right move on Mozilla’s part. AI is controversial at the best of times, but especially among Firefox users, who pride themselves on their independence and generally seem less supportive of AI than many internet users.
Adding AI to Firefox was always a risky move on Mozilla’s part, given the sentiment of the user base: adding a way to block it completely is a sensible way to regain support.
That said, it seems to be a fairly isolated move in the world of web browsers. Chrome has a near monopoly on browsers and its creator, Google, a major investor in artificial intelligence, has added numerous artificial intelligence features to the app. Microsoft and Apple, creators of Edge and Safari, are equally committed to AI.
Very few browsers have added an AI kill switch like Firefox’s, although privacy-focused alternatives like Brave and DuckDuckGo can also be customized this way. All of that means that if you’re tired of AI in your browser, there are options available to you; you just need to avoid the bigger players.
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