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Mozilla Firefox - Silent Install Switch

The hand-curated silent install command for Mozilla Firefox on Windows, plus its silent uninstall command - for unattended, quiet, fleet-wide deploys. Copy, paste, ship - smoke-test in a throwaway VM first.

Silent install command

installer.exe /S

Silent uninstall command

"%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /S

Replace installer.exe with the actual installer filename (or its full path).

Notes & gotchas

NSIS. Drop a policies.json / use the MSI for managed settings.

Detection path

A file whose presence proves Mozilla Firefox is installed - handy as an Intune / RMM detection rule:

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

FAQ

What is the silent install command for Mozilla Firefox?

Run: installer.exe /S

How do I silently uninstall Mozilla Firefox?

Run: "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe" /S

Any gotchas installing Mozilla Firefox unattended?

NSIS. Drop a policies.json / use the MSI for managed settings.

Got a different installer, or one that isn't in this list? Drop it into SwitchHunt and it reads the silent switches right in your browser, nothing uploaded.

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