index.md

---

title: privacy.services
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/privacy/services
page-type: webextension-api-property
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extensions
  - Privacy
  - Property
  - Reference
  - Services
browser-compat: webextensions.api.privacy.services

---

{{AddonSidebar}}

The {{WebExtAPIRef("privacy.services")}} property contains privacy-related settings controlling services offered by the browser or by third parties. Each property is a {{WebExtAPIRef("types.BrowserSetting")}} object.

Properties

• passwordSavingEnabled

  • : A {{WebExtAPIRef("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

{{Compat}}

Examples

Disable the password manager if possible.

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");
    }
  });

{{WebExtExamples}}

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