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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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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
user535733
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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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