


To do this, open the old version and open Tools > Options and click the Extensions panel. The company stresses that no security updates will be provided after September 2024, and urges users to upgrade to at least Windows 10 to retain support. It should not be necessary to create a new profile when you upgrade from a previous version of Firefox providing you do disable all extensions from the prior version before upgrading. With no official support from Microsoft, maintaining Firefox for obsolete operating systems becomes costly for Mozilla and dangerous for users. No security updates will be provided after that date.įinances are the primary reason for ultimately ending support for the browser.

Mozilla will provide security updates for these users until September 2024. If you are using these versions of Windows you will be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) channel by an application update. Microsoft ended support for these three versions of the operating system back in January, and this makes Mozilla's chosen date for ending the support of Firefox on these editions of Windows all the more surprising.įirefox version 115 will be the last supported Firefox version for users of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Mozilla's announcement sets the company apart from the likes of Google and Microsoft who have already ended support for Chrome and Edge in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.
