Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox automatically protects your privacy while you browse. It blocks trackers that follow you around online to collect information about your browsing habits and interests without breaking site functionality. It also includes protections against harmful scripts, such as malware that drains your battery.

Protections Dashboard

To see what’s been blocked on all sites over the past week, visit your Protections Dashboard. Click the shield to the left of the address bar and select Protections Dashboard or type about:protections into the address bar. This will open the Protections Dashboard page in a new tab.

What Enhanced Tracking Protection blocks

Firefox uses a list of known trackers provided by Disconnect. By default, Firefox blocks the following types of trackers and scripts:

• Social media trackers
• Cross-site tracking cookies
• Fingerprinters
• Cryptominers
• Tracking content: These trackers are hidden in ads, videos, and other in-page content. In Standard mode, tracking content is blocked only in Private Windows. To add this protection to all windows, visit your privacy preferences and select Strict or Custom as explained below.

To learn more about trackers and scripts blocked by Firefox, see Trackers and scripts Firefox blocks in Enhanced Tracking Protection, Third-party trackers and SmartBlock for Enhanced Tracking Protection.

How to tell when Firefox is protecting you

The shield to the left of the address bar tells you if Firefox is blocking trackers and scripts on a site.

• Blocking: Firefox blocked trackers and harmful scripts on a site. Open the shield to see what was blocked.
• Active: Enhanced Tracking Protection is turned on on a site, but Firefox didn't block any trackers or scripts.
• Inactive: Enhanced Tracking Protection is turned off on a site. Open the shield and toggle the switch to turn it back on.

How to tell what’s being blocked on a site

• Click the shield to see what Firefox has blocked.

  

This panel will display different information depending on the site you’re on.

• Blocked: Firefox blocked these trackers and scripts. Select each one to see a detailed list.
• Allowed: These are the trackers and scripts that were allowed to load on the page. This happens because some websites may require loading trackers and scripts to function properly. Firefox only allows trackers and scripts needed for the site to work and blocks the rest. For more information, visit SmartBlock for Enhanced Tracking Protection.
• None Detected: Firefox looked for these trackers and scripts, but did not find them on this site.
• Select Protection Settings to adjust your global privacy settings.
• Select Protections Dashboard to view a personalized summary of your protections over the past week, including tools to take control of your online security.

What to do if a site seems broken

If a site seems broken, disabling Enhanced Tracking Protection might fix the issue by allowing trackers on just that site. It allows trackers to load on that site only. Enhanced Tracking Protection will still prevent trackers on other sites. To disable it:

1. Visit the website.
2. At the left of the address bar, click the shield icon.
3. At the top right of the panel, toggle off the Enhanced Tracking Protection switch . The site will be added to your Enhanced Tracking Protection exception list, allowing trackers on it, and the page will reload automatically.

   

Follow the same process to turn Enhanced Tracking Protection back on. The site will be removed from the exception list, and the page will reload automatically.

Report a broken site

For more information, see How do I report a broken site in Firefox desktop?

Adjust your global Enhanced Tracking Protection settings

When you download Firefox, all protections included in Standard Enhanced Tracking Protection are already enabled.

To view or change your Enhanced Tracking Protection settings for all sites, click the shield to the left of the address bar on any webpage and select Protection Settings. This will open the Firefox Settings Privacy & Security panel in a new tab.

Tip: These settings are also available from the Firefox menu:
In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select Settings. Then select Privacy & Security.

Standard Enhanced Tracking Protection

By default, Firefox blocks the following on all sites:

• Social media trackers
• Cross-site tracking cookies (other third-party cookies are isolated)
• Tracking content in Private Windows only
• Cryptominers
• Fingerprinters

Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection

To further increase privacy, select Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection. This will block the following:

• Social media trackers
• Cross-site tracking cookies (other third-party cookies are isolated)All cross-site cookies
• Tracking content in all windows
• Cryptominers
• Fingerprinters

1. Click the shield to the left of the address bar on any webpage.
2. Click Protection Settings.

   The Firefox Settings Privacy & Security panel will open.

3. Under Enhanced Tracking Protection, select Strict.
4. Select the button to apply your new privacy settings.

Custom Enhanced Tracking Protection

Want to block some trackers and scripts, but not others? Use Custom Enhanced Tracking Protection.

1. Click the shield to the left of the address bar on any webpage.
2. Click Protection Settings.

   The Firefox Settings Privacy & Security panel will open.

3. Under Enhanced Tracking Protection, select Custom.
4. Choose which trackers and scripts to block by selecting those checkboxes.
5. Select the button to apply your new privacy settings.

You can also turn off all protections in Custom by deselecting all checkboxes. This allows all trackers and scripts to load.