Browser De-Slop
This article provides a technical guide on how to use policy files to remove bloatware and customize settings in modern web browsers. It includes specific JSON configuration examples for enforcing extensions and disabling unwanted features like telemetry and tracking.
Why it matters
It empowers power users to regain control over their browser environment and privacy by bypassing standard UI limitations.
Modern browsers ship with an insane amount of bloatware.
You can point and click in the browser settings to disable most of it. Or, you can de-slop the browser by force using a policy file.
To get started, create a JSON file at the appropriate path for your distribution. Here’s a few that I’m aware of:
Allegedly, these policies are also supported on Windows via Group Policy and MacOS using plist files. I wouldn’t know, since I use a real operating system.
You should read the docs for each option to understand what it does. My configuration here does a few things:
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