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October 1, 2026

How to restore the old Firefox Theme before v157 Nova

How to disable the Nova Design in Firefox
For those not  enjoying the new Firefox 157 Nova theme, there is a tweak to restore the tab shapes and old menus.

1-To restore the classic look and disable Nova in Mozilla Firefox, do the following.

2-Open a new tab, and type about:config in the address bar, then hit Enter.
On the Advanced Preferences page that opens, click Accept the Risk and Continue.

3-In the search box, type browser.nova.enabled.

4-In the list below, click on the button with the opposite arrows next to the browser.nova.enabled setting, so it changes its value from true to false.



Source: https://winaero.com/how-to-disable-nova-in-firefox/

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