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FirefoxHome

Customize the Firefox Home page.

Compatibility: Firefox 68, Firefox ESR 68 (SponsoredTopSites and SponsoredPocket were added in Firefox 95, Firefox ESR 91.4, Snippets was deprecated in Firefox 122, Stories and SponsoredStories were added in Firefox 141 to replace Pocket and SponsoredPocket, Weather was added in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12.)
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSearch, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.topsites, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.highlights, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showWeather

policies.json
{
"policies": {
"FirefoxHome": {
"Search": true,
"TopSites": true,
"SponsoredTopSites": true,
"Highlights": true,
"Pocket": true,
"Stories": true,
"SponsoredPocket": true,
"SponsoredStories": true,
"Snippets": true,
"Locked": true
}
}
}
JSON schema
FirefoxHome JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"Search": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"Weather": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"TopSites": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"SponsoredTopSites": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"Highlights": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"Pocket": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"Stories": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"SponsoredPocket": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"SponsoredStories": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"Snippets": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"Locked": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\Search = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\Weather = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\TopSites = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\SponsoredTopSites = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\Highlights = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\Pocket = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\Stories = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\SponsoredPocket = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\SponsoredStories = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\Snippets = 0x1 | 0x0
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\FirefoxHome\Locked = 0x1 | 0x0

OMA-URI:

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Firefox~Policy~firefox/CustomizeFirefoxHome

Value (string):

<enabled/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_Search" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_Weather" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_TopSites" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_SponsoredTopSites" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_Highlights" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_Pocket" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_Stories" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_SponsoredPocket" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_SponsoredStories" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_Snippets" value="true | false"/>
<data id="FirefoxHome_Locked" value="true | false"/>
<dict>
<key>FirefoxHome</key>
<dict>
<key>Search</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>Weather</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>TopSites</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>SponsoredTopSites</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>Highlights</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>Pocket</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>Stories</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>SponsoredPocket</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>SponsoredStories</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>Snippets</key>
<true/> | <false/>
<key>Locked</key>
<true/> | <false/>
</dict>
</dict>