Rollback Firefox To Previous Version
I just want to say that I have been a Firefox user since I can remember. I refuse to use Chrome because of its tie-ins with Google, but I have some serious issues with the new Firefox update.
After my Firefox auto-updated to version 57 (a.k.a. the 'Quantum' update), I was very disappointed in the experience.
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Biggest issue: The tab bar at the top of the window is very transparent. I have a dark background, so I could not see any of the text in the tabs, as the dark text blended into my wallpaper. It does not seem to auto-contrast and there are no settings which allow me to change the behavior.
Bookmarking a page shows two buttons, but the text is white, and not readable. Clearly there are visual issues which need to be sorted out.
All of my essential plugins (extensions / add-ons) are disabled. The new version of Firefox disabled Tab Mix Plus which is an essential plugin for my web experience. It also disabled various Twitch and Youtube plugins, which I use every day.
I’m trying to revert to the old version of responsive design without reinstalling an older version of Firefox. I’m currently using: version 58.0 (64 bit). The old RDM has been removed as of version 58. It is no longer possible to revert to it. Instead, we need to work together to make it be what we want.
Here is how you rollback to the previous version of Firefox, which doesn't suck:
Go to: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-older-version-of-firefox
But it essentially takes you to the download page here:
I let Firefox auto update and I don't like some new feature, the new GUI, or it broke something. How do I roll back or downgrade?
NOTE: Potential duplicate questions (1, 2) did not come up in a search of SuperUser, but they did as suggested questions when I typed the title. Weird. Those other questions do not give instructions on how to downgrade Firefox, simply pointing to where you can find older versions. Such referring-only questions are no longer welcome on SuperUser.
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YetAnotherRandomUser4 Answers
There is no built-in rollback or downgrade function within Firefox. In fact, on their support page for the subject, they strongly insist that you do not roll back.
I rolled back a longstanding, many times upgraded, Firefox 57 to the specific version and bit depth below. I did not manually uninstall Firefox, but was prepared for things to go sideways. YMMV.
If you know better and don't want to heed their warnings, then do these steps:
- Download an older version of Firefox here. If you are trying to back down from 57, you'll want to grab 56.0.2, (Windows US English version 32 bit exe) here. You can look at all of their 56.0.2 releases here.
- Wait until the download finishes.
- Find your profile folder. You can find where that is here. Also, this Mozilla Support article covers steps 3, 4, and 5 of this answer.
- Close Firefox.
- Back up your profile folder. You can simply copy the folder somewhere else, just in case stuff goes sideways.
- Find the executable you downloaded in step 1.
- Run it.
- Go through the installer, and when its complete, launch Firefox.
- My previous session, extensions, and settings were all as they were before the upgrade/downgrade. I was pleasantly surprised.
If your install is broken, try the usual steps to fix installation problems:
- Completely uninstall Firefox via Programs and Features
- Reboot
- Run a cleanup utility like CCleaner.
- Manually remove the leftovers and profile folder if you have to.
- Install from the 56.0.2 executable you downloaded.
- Verify it works with a new profile.
- Restore your backed up profile (Mozilla Support)
See also: gHacks, MozillaZine.
YetAnotherRandomUserYetAnotherRandomUserI didn't roll back my 16.10 installation of Firefox 57, but installed Firefox-ESR alongside it.
all my extensions seem to work fine
better yet.https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/
Rollback To Previous Version Of Firefox
This answer is based on my answer on AskUbuntu - it suggests and describes howto install Firefox ESR 52.5 on Ubuntu and Mint.
I think it is better to downgrade to Firefox ESR 52 (this branch is planned to be supported until 2018-06-26 and will get security updates).
You have two options here:
Get Firefox ESR 52.5.0 from Jonathon F's PPA. See my answer on a similar topic.You can install the package on 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) from this repository with the following commands:
Or
Get Firefox ESR 52.5.0 from Mozilla Team's PPA (the first versions were published here at 2017-10-11 as the result of discussion on the ubuntu-desktop maillist).You can install the package on 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr), 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), 17.04 (Zesty Zapus), 17.10 (Artful Aardvark), and 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) from this repository with the following commands:
For your information:
- The feature request for the official ESR package is located in Launchpad bug 1676164 and on the ubuntu-desktop maillist. At November I wrote a fresh message to this mail list with a link to the current question. I asked similar question on new community.ubuntu.com too.
- The current status of porting LEGACY extensions to WebExtension are located in Google Spreadsheet. The percentage of WebExtensions is not too high.
Debian already have official firefox-esr package.
There is no 'rollback' option with Firefox. You can find old versions on oldapps(dot)com, but make sure you completely remove 57, I would use RevoUninstaller to uninstall and clean and then run CCleaner afterwards. When installing an older version I would disable your internet and disable auto-updates in Firefox upon install completion before reconnecting. I've personally switched to Cyberfox and Palemoon permanently. I'm done with Mozilla.