How to change useragent of default Ubuntu Web browser?
If it possible, how to change/substitute of user-agent for default Ubuntu GNOME Web browser?

18.04 gnome-shell webbrowser-app
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If it possible, how to change/substitute of user-agent for default Ubuntu GNOME Web browser?

18.04 gnome-shell webbrowser-app
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If it possible, how to change/substitute of user-agent for default Ubuntu GNOME Web browser?

18.04 gnome-shell webbrowser-app
If it possible, how to change/substitute of user-agent for default Ubuntu GNOME Web browser?

18.04 gnome-shell webbrowser-app
18.04 gnome-shell webbrowser-app
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1-st way (GUI):
- Installing dconf Editor:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dconf-editor -y
- Run it:
$ dconf-editor
- Go to:
/org/gnome/epiphany/web/user-agent
Switch Use default value to OFF
Insert Your custom user-agent string to Custom value field.

Close dconf Editor.
Chaeck Your user-agent with link: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent
2-nd way (Command-line):
- To set use this command and replace YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT to your value:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT'
For Example:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Safari/537.36'
- To check current user-agent value use command:
gsettings get org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
- To revert to the default user-agent:
gsettings reset org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
Result:

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1-st way (GUI):
- Installing dconf Editor:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dconf-editor -y
- Run it:
$ dconf-editor
- Go to:
/org/gnome/epiphany/web/user-agent
Switch Use default value to OFF
Insert Your custom user-agent string to Custom value field.

Close dconf Editor.
Chaeck Your user-agent with link: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent
2-nd way (Command-line):
- To set use this command and replace YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT to your value:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT'
For Example:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Safari/537.36'
- To check current user-agent value use command:
gsettings get org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
- To revert to the default user-agent:
gsettings reset org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
Result:

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1-st way (GUI):
- Installing dconf Editor:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dconf-editor -y
- Run it:
$ dconf-editor
- Go to:
/org/gnome/epiphany/web/user-agent
Switch Use default value to OFF
Insert Your custom user-agent string to Custom value field.

Close dconf Editor.
Chaeck Your user-agent with link: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent
2-nd way (Command-line):
- To set use this command and replace YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT to your value:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT'
For Example:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Safari/537.36'
- To check current user-agent value use command:
gsettings get org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
- To revert to the default user-agent:
gsettings reset org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
Result:

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1-st way (GUI):
- Installing dconf Editor:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dconf-editor -y
- Run it:
$ dconf-editor
- Go to:
/org/gnome/epiphany/web/user-agent
Switch Use default value to OFF
Insert Your custom user-agent string to Custom value field.

Close dconf Editor.
Chaeck Your user-agent with link: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent
2-nd way (Command-line):
- To set use this command and replace YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT to your value:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT'
For Example:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Safari/537.36'
- To check current user-agent value use command:
gsettings get org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
- To revert to the default user-agent:
gsettings reset org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
Result:

1-st way (GUI):
- Installing dconf Editor:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dconf-editor -y
- Run it:
$ dconf-editor
- Go to:
/org/gnome/epiphany/web/user-agent
Switch Use default value to OFF
Insert Your custom user-agent string to Custom value field.

Close dconf Editor.
Chaeck Your user-agent with link: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/what-is-my-user-agent
2-nd way (Command-line):
- To set use this command and replace YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT to your value:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'YOUR_CUSTOM_USER_AGENT'
For Example:
gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/72.0.3626.121 Safari/537.36'
- To check current user-agent value use command:
gsettings get org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
- To revert to the default user-agent:
gsettings reset org.gnome.Epiphany.web:/org/gnome/epiphany/web/ user-agent
Result:

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