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I'm on Firefox beta channel (which is 60.0b10). How can I switch back to the stable channel? I've already searched, but I found nothing about it.

karel
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The beta channel of the Firefox snap package is currently version 60.0b10, but the stable channel of the Firefox snap package is currently version 59.0.2-1, the same as the default Firefox apt package (version 59.0.2). So uninstall the Firefox beta snap package and install the Firefox stable snap package instead. Open the terminal and type:

sudo snap remove --channel=beta firefox    
sudo snap install --channel=stable firefox

After installation the channel for a particular snap may be changed during a refresh:

 sudo snap refresh --channel=stable firefox
karel
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  • I switched from Freecad stable to beta channel without doing any remove commands. Just `sudo snap refresh --channel=beta freecad" was enough to switch the whole install to the beta channel. I see no reason why the same wouldn't work with Firefox. Note that if you upgrade to beta channel, your user profile (user data) may not be compatible with older release if you later try to switch back to stable release. – Mikko Rantalainen Dec 22 '24 at 19:59
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In 2024 and newer versions of snapd, you don't need to remove anymore.
refresh instead.

sudo snap refresh firefox --channel=latest/stable

The channels are listed in snap info <package_name>

$ snap info firefox
name:      firefox
summary:   Mozilla Firefox web browser
...
channels:
  latest/stable:    133.0.3-1    2024-12-10 (5437) 286MB -
  latest/candidate: 133.0.3-1    2024-12-10 (5437) 286MB -
  latest/beta:      134.0b10-1   2024-12-13 (5460) 287MB -
  latest/edge:      135.0a1      2024-12-22 (5495) 296MB -
  esr/stable:       128.5.2esr-1 2024-12-12 (5452) 283MB -
  esr/candidate:    128.6.0esr-1 2024-12-19 (5480) 283MB -
  esr/beta:         ↑                                    
  esr/edge:         ↑                                    
installed:          133.0.3-1               (5437) 286MB -

So if I wanted the bleeding-edge latest (135.0a1)...

sudo snap refresh firefox --channel=latest/edge

And if I wanted esr (128.5)...

sudo snap refresh firefox --channel=esr/stable

Most users are recommended to stay with latest/stable...

sudo snap refresh firefox --channel=latest/stable
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In 2024 --channel can't be used anymore.

sudo snap remove --channel=beta firefox  
error: unknown flag `channel'

You can simply use the alias from snap list:

sudo snap remove firefox_beta
Janghou
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