How to Hide Images in the Firefox iPhone App

Do you find that a lot of the Web pages you visit on your phone are difficult to read because there are so many pictures? While many websites are designed with a focus on how those sites will look on phones, the preferences of users can vary a lot, and some of those users might prefer not to see the images that are on those pages.

If you have often found that your Web browsing experience would be improved if you could remove the pictures from Web pages, then you may want to try out the Firefox browser on your iPhone. Firefox has an option in the browser that will hide all of the images that it detects on a page, leaving you with just the text. Our tutorial below will show you where to find and enable that option.

 

How to Hide Images from Web Pages in the Firefox iPhone App

The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 11.2.2. The version of the Firefox app being used was the most current version available when this article was written (Version 10.6 (8836)). Earlier versions of the Firefox app may not have this feature.

Step 1: Open the Firefox app on your iPhone.

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Step 2: Touch the Menu icon at the bottom of the screen.

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Step 3: Tap the Hide Images button. The images on the current Web page will then be hidden, as will images on future Web pages that you visit while this option is enabled.

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