Firefox – Remove English – United States language from Firefox

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How do I remove the English (United States) dictionary from Firefox? It's not an add-on so I'm guessing it's built into Firefox by default. Maybe that makes it unremovable?

I noticed whilst typing a Hotmail email in Firefox that the default language seems to be English/United States. As I am from the UK I thought I would add in the English/United Kingdom dictionary, which I have. This is now the default language and I don't need the US dictionary.

Firefox 3.6.2 on Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit.

Best Answer

The dictionaries are stored in the dictionaries folder in the Firefox program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\dictionaries) and you can remove the files from that folder.

The Mozilla Add-ons Dictionaries page is displayed. To add a dictionary to your Firefox installation, click the "Install Dictionary" link next to the dictionary you want to add. The Software Installation window appears. When it is displayed, click Install Now, which should open the Add-ons window, where you'll see the dictionary being installed.

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To enable the dictionary, click the Restart Firefox button, in the Add-ons window. You can even see for more here.

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