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
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