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.

Examples

Disable the password manager if possible.

js
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");
  }
});

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
services
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 56 (Release date: 2017-09-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 56 (Release date: 2017-09-28)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
alternateErrorPagesEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
autofillAddressEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 70 (Release date: 2018-10-16)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 57 (Release date: 2018-11-28)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
autofillCreditCardEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 70 (Release date: 2018-10-16)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 57 (Release date: 2018-11-28)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
autofillEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
passwordSavingEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 38 (Release date: 2014-10-07)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 56 (Release date: 2017-09-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 25 (Release date: 2014-10-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 56 (Release date: 2017-09-28)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
safeBrowsingEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
safeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 42 (Release date: 2015-04-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 29 (Release date: 2015-04-28)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
searchSuggestEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
spellingServiceEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 20 (Release date: 2012-06-26)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
translationServiceEnabled
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

Tip: you can click/tap on a cell for more information.

Full support
Full support
No support
No support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.privacy API.