Almost all classic desktop programs offer keyboard shortcuts so that users can quickly navigate and get things done on computers. The Firefox web browser by Mozilla is no exception.
The Firefox web browser for Windows offers several keyboard shortcuts. Opening new tabs, closing tabs, reopening recently closed tabs, navigating to the address bar, switching between tabs, opening a new private window, printing a page, viewing downloaded files, and most of the common operations can be done with keyboard shortcuts.
Users who have been using Firefox or any other web browser on a Windows computer are probably used to these default keyboard shortcuts, as the keyboard shortcuts are the same across web browsers.
However, there are some users who would like to customize these default keyboard shortcuts to their liking. For instance, you might want to use Ctrl + K instead of Ctrl + T to open a new tab in the Firefox browser. Or, you might want to disable a keyboard shortcut.
Up until now, the Firefox browser did not offer a built-in option to change or disable the default keyboard shortcuts. Starting from Firefox version 147.0, the web browser now offers an option to disable built-in keyboard shortcuts as well as an option to personalize them.
If it sounds interesting, here is how to disable a keyboard shortcut and customize a keyboard shortcut in Mozilla Firefox on Windows 11/10.
Customize Firefox keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11
Step 1: In the Firefox address bar, type about:keyboard and then press the Enter key to open the keyboard shortcuts customization page.
Step 2: As you can see in the picture below, the page offers a list of built-in keyboard shortcuts.
Step 3: To customize a keyboard shortcut, click the Change button next to an action and then type the new keyboard shortcut to change the default keyboard shortcut for the selected action.
If you type a keyboard shortcut that is already assigned to an action, Firefox displays a warning message. You can click the OK button to override the warning and then assign it to the selected keyboard shortcut.
The new keyboard shortcut will start working immediately. No need to restart the web browser.
To reset a keyboard shortcut to its default, click the Reset button next to it.
Disable a keyboard shortcut in Firefox on a Windows 11 PC
Step 1: Type about:keyboard in the Firefox address bar and hit the Enter key.
Step 2: The resulting page displays a list of Firefox keyboard shortcuts.
Step 3: Click the Clear button next to a keyboard shortcut to disable it. To re-enable the keyboard shortcut, click the Reset button. Simple as that!
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