privacy.services

The privacy.services property contains privacy-related settings controlling services offered by the browser or by third parties. Each property is a types.BrowserSetting object.

Properties

passwordSavingEnabled

A types.BrowserSetting object whose underlying value is a boolean. If true, the browser's password manager will offer to store passwords when the user enters them. Defaults to true.

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
services
alternateErrorPagesEnabled
autofillAddressEnabled
autofillCreditCardEnabled
autofillEnabled
passwordSavingEnabled
safeBrowsingEnabled
safeBrowsingExtendedReportingEnabled
searchSuggestEnabled
spellingServiceEnabled
translationServiceEnabled

Examples

Disable the password manager if possible.

js
function onSet(result) {
  if (result) {
    console.log("success");
  } else {
    console.log("failure");
  }
}

let getting = browser.privacy.services.passwordSavingEnabled.get({});
getting.then((got) => {
  console.log(got.value);
  if (
    got.levelOfControl === "controlled_by_this_extension" ||
    got.levelOfControl === "controllable_by_this_extension"
  ) {
    let setting = browser.privacy.services.passwordSavingEnabled.set({
      value: false,
    });
    setting.then(onSet);
  } else {
    console.log("Not able to set passwordSavingEnabled");
  }
});

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.privacy API.