

Click Disable under the entry for Java in Google Chrome's list of plug-ins to prevent the add-on from running automatically. Scroll to the entry for Java and click Disable. You can disable Java in Chrome by entering "chrome://plugins" in the address bar and pressing Enter to display a list of the browser's plug-ins. Updating to Java SE 7 re-enabled the plug-in in Firefox automatically.) (When I checked this Firefox setting on one of the PCs in my home office the Java SE 6 plug-in had been disabled automatically because Firefox identified it as vulnerable. Disable Firefox's Java plug-in via the browser's Add-on Manager. (If you don't see the menu at the top of the Firefox window, press the Alt key.) Choose Plugins in the left pane, scroll to the entry for the Java plug-in, and click its Disable button.

To prevent the Java plug-in from running in Firefox, click Tools > Add-ons to open the browser's add-on manager. After you disable Java in IE you'll be prompted to enable the plug-in the next time you open the browser.įirefox's Java plug-in can be disabled in a jiffy Click the "Don't enable" button or the x on the right of the pop-up to continue browsing Java-free. The next time you start IE, a notice will appear at the bottom of the window informing you that the Java plug-in is ready to use. Disable Java in Internet Explorer 9 by opening Manage Add-ons, selecting the Java entry, and clicking Disable.
#HOW TO ENABLE JAVA IN FIREFOX 52 SOFTWARE#
(More information on software updaters is found at the end of this post.)ĭisable Java in IE 9 via the 'Manage add-ons' optionĬlick IE 9's gear icon in the top-right corner of the window and choose "Manage add-ons." Select Toolbars and Extensions in the left pane under Add-on Types and scroll to the entry for the Java plug-in under "Sun Microsystems Inc." Choose the Java entry and click Disable in the bottom-right corner.
#HOW TO ENABLE JAVA IN FIREFOX 52 UPDATE#
If you're using an older version of these browsers, update to the latest release. These steps will disable Java in Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 15.0.1, Google Chrome 22, and Safari 6.0.1. (While researching this topic I discovered that one of my test PCs has been browsing flawlessly for more than a year without the Java runtime environment installed.)
