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UTUSN

(72,518 posts) Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:24 AM Jul 2016

How do I get rid of Ghostery - or should I? Is it a Firefox thing?

So long as it was just an icon on the toolbar, it was ignorable. But now it started popping up a "Trackers" window, plus leaving a number in a circle on top of my current window.

I can't find it in the list of programs (to be uninstalled) or in the Apps. At least, how do I get rid of the number-in-the-purple-circle on top of my Window?!1

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How do I get rid of Ghostery - or should I? Is it a Firefox thing? (Original Post) UTUSN Jul 2016 OP

It was a tracker blocker Sentath Jul 2016 #1

tyvm. UPDATE: Wow, I just Removed it per your tip! n/t UTUSN Jul 2016 #2

Anybody else with this issue Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #3

sounds like you're making the case to keep it UTUSN Jul 2016 #4

I wouldn't want to be without Ghostery myself. Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #5

Really? Well, I appreciate your more-informed info Thanks UTUSN Jul 2016 #6

I also recommend keeping it. nt bananas Jul 2016 #7

Sentath

(2,243 posts)

1. It was a tracker blocker

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 12:55 PM

Jul 2016

It's become a bit more corporate and complicated since then.

If you want it to go away (or change it's settings) go to the 3line menu in the upper right and select the puzzle piece for AddOns.

UTUSN

(72,518 posts)

2. tyvm. UPDATE: Wow, I just Removed it per your tip! n/t

Reply to Sentath (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 01:09 PM

Jul 2016

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Denzil_DC

(7,975 posts)

3. Anybody else with this issue

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:45 PM

Jul 2016

who wants to keep Ghostery needs to set its options: https://extension.ghostery.com/en/settings

There's a checkbox there for "Show the purple box tracker list in the corner of my browser".

It's seamless and unobtrusive the way I have it set up: just a very small Ghostery icon on the Navigation Toolbar that shows how many trackers it's blocking on a particular page. If I click on it, I can access the details and tweak what's going on.

UTUSN

(72,518 posts)

4. sounds like you're making the case to keep it

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:53 PM

Jul 2016

Is this cookies? I'm deleting those individually

Denzil_DC

(7,975 posts)

5. I wouldn't want to be without Ghostery myself.

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:49 PM

Jul 2016

I'd stopped visiting a bunch of sites because they took too long to load or would hang. Now they're usable again.

This explains what Ghostery does: https://www.ghostery.com/why-ghostery/for-individuals/

UTUSN

(72,518 posts)

6. Really? Well, I appreciate your more-informed info Thanks

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:23 PM

Jul 2016

bananas

(27,509 posts)

7. I also recommend keeping it. nt

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:02 AM

Jul 2016

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