Firefox signs me out of websites when closed, which I would like to turn off.
A while ago, I remember changing my settings so that when I close Firefox, it automatically signs me out of websites I had open unless there's still a tab open. This is a setting I'd like to change back, but I don't know how. I've gone through the settings and haven't seen/found anything like this. It saves my passwords, but sometimes its just faster if I don't have to sign into every needed website when I turn my laptop on.
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The login status for a website is stored in a special cookie. Make sure you are not clearing that data when closing the browser.
Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.
The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.
Turn off Always Use Private Browsing Mode Turn on Remember My Browsing And Download History At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off.
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The login status for a website is stored in a special cookie. Make sure you are not clearing that data when closing the browser.
Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.
The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.
Turn off Always Use Private Browsing Mode Turn on Remember My Browsing And Download History At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off.
You can let the cookies expire when Firefox is closed to make them session cookies instead of using "Clear history when Firefox closes" to clear the cookies.
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> "Use custom settings for history" -> Cookies: Keep until: "I close Firefox"
You can create an "Allow" exception to keep specific cookies.
In case you use "Clear history when Firefox closes" or otherwise clear history.
- do not clear the Cookies
- do not clear the Site Preferences
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" -> Settings
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox
- clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exception for password and other website specific data
- clearing "Cookies" will remove all selected cookies including cookies with an "Allow" exception you may want to keep
Firefox keeps signing me out of iCloud when I close my browser. How do I stop this?!?!? The selected response does not solve the problem nor does it match what is found on the page recommended for resolving the issue. There is no "off" or "On" anywhere on that page.
If the above did not help, check the options on the website. It may have been set up to log you out automatically. Some sites do that.
In the History section I see a checkmark on the line to "Clear history when Firefox closes". You can click the Settings button and make sure that Cookies doesn't have a checkmark.
Further down there is a special Cookies section. The screenshot only shows the header (Cookies and Site Data).