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privacy.services

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.

Properties

passwordSavingEnabled

A types.BrowserSetting object whose underlying value is a boolean. If true, the browser's password manager will offer to store passwords when the user enters them. Defaults to true.

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
autofillAddressEnabled
70
79
No
?
Yes
No
?
?
No
?
No
?
autofillCreditCardEnabled
70
79
No
?
Yes
No
?
?
No
?
No
?
autofillEnabled
Yes
79
No
?
Yes
No
?
?
No
?
No
?
alternateErrorPagesEnabled
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