The privacy.services
property contains privacy-related settings controlling services offered by the browser or by third parties. Each property is a types.BrowserSetting
object.
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privacy.services
Properties
-
passwordSavingEnabled
-
A
types.BrowserSetting
object whose underlying value is a boolean. Iftrue
, the browser's password manager will offer to store passwords when the user enters them. Defaults totrue
.
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
alternateErrorPagesEnabled |
Yes | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
autofillAddressEnabled |
70 | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
autofillCreditCardEnabled |
70 | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
autofillEnabled |
Yes | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
passwordSavingEnabled |
38 | 79 | 56 | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | 56 | ? | No | ? |
safeBrowsingEnabled |
Yes | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
safeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled |
42 | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
searchSuggestEnabled |
Yes | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
spellingServiceEnabled |
Yes | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
translationServiceEnabled |
Yes | 79 | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
Examples
Disable the password manager if possible.
function onSet(result) {
if (result) {
console.log("success");
} else {
console.log("failure");
}
}
let getting = browser.privacy.services.passwordSavingEnabled.get({});
getting.then((got) => {
console.log(got.value);
if ((got.levelOfControl === "controlled_by_this_extension") ||
(got.levelOfControl === "controllable_by_this_extension")) {
let setting = browser.privacy.services.passwordSavingEnabled.set({
value: false
});
setting.then(onSet);
} else {
console.log("Not able to set passwordSavingEnabled");
}
});
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.privacy
API.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/privacy/services