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It appears that I have the mobile version on my desktop.. How do I get the desk top version back?

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ktheyden
ktheyden

Friday night, from my laptop, I clicked on a website that I wanted and it said "for mobile" but the website came up in regular format. Today, all the Firefox sites like aol and facebook appear to be tailored for phone app. How do I get it reconfigured for laptop?

Friday night, from my laptop, I clicked on a website that I wanted and it said "for mobile" but the website came up in regular format. Today, all the Firefox sites like aol and facebook appear to be tailored for phone app. How do I get it reconfigured for laptop?

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Try to clear your cache and your cookies.

Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:


  1. Go to Firefox > History > Clear recent history or (if no Firefox button is shown) go to Tools > Clear recent history.
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

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user693271
user693271

Chosen Solution

Try to clear your cache and your cookies.

Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:


  1. Go to Firefox > History > Clear recent history or (if no Firefox button is shown) go to Tools > Clear recent history.
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

ktheyden
ktheyden Question owner

Thank you very much for your prompt reply. It has solved my problem.