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How to edit the right-click context menus in Firefox

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Menu Editor is a Firefox add-on that allows you to remove or rearrange menu items from the main context menu (right-click menu) and main menu bar (File, Edit, View..). For a brief tutorial on using Menu Editor, keep reading..

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  1. Install Menu Editor the same way you would any other Firefox Add-on, and then restart Firefox. Once Firefox has restarted, select Tools and then Add-ons.
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  3. Scroll down to the Menu Editor entry, select it, and click the Preferences button.
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  5. The main Options window for Menu Editor will open.
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  7. To remove items from your right-click menu, just click the check mark next to that items entry, and the check mark will turn into a red X.
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  9. Scroll through the entire list and remove each item you don’t want to show up in your right-click context menu. If you notice ‘duplicates’, it’s because there are different right-click menus (one for right-clicking an image, one for right-clicking a link, one for right-clicking an empty space etc).
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  11. Now select File from the Edit menu: drop down list. From here you can remove items from the File menu.
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  13. Since I never use the Work Offline feature, I opted to remove it.
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  15. You shouldn’t have to restart Firefox for the changes to take effect, but if you don’t notice them right away, try restarting.
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File menu before File menu after (Work Offline is gone)

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  1. Jack Vinson says

    I love your SimpleHelp. Here is a related question. I’ve noticed on Google Maps that there is now the ability to draw lines and add markers. Unfortunately, those options appears in a right-click menu UNDERNEATH the standard Firefox menu. This doesn’t happen in IE.

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