Firefox no longer saves my usernames to different websites, how do I restore this feature
I changed some of my security settings and now my website user names are no longer saved. Where do I find the option for this feature so I can re set it. Thank you
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Do you mean names and passwords in the Password Manager or do you mean that you are no longer logged on to (remembered by) websites after closing and restarting Firefox?
There is a difference between remembering the name and password in the Password Manager and a "remember me" check box on a web page to log you in automatically.
The latter usually involves the creation of a special "remember me" cookie that is stored on your computer and that is send to the server.
If that "remember me" cookie is removed or gets corrupted or is not send to the server then the server won't remember you anymore and you need to sign in once again.
To COR-EL, Thank you for your response to my question. I'm a middle aged carpenter so I'm OK with all the wood parts of the computer but the rest is a challenge. This is an attempt to balance security and convenience. Are the cookies I need to allow in the "third party" catagory?
I assume that you meant the "remember" feature to automatically log you in?
There is usually no need to enable third-party cookies.
If that is necessary for normal operation then that usually means that the website isn't designed properly. Enabling third-party cookies will give you a lot of unwanted cookies from all kind of ad servers.
What I'm talking about is an allow exception for the domain that you want to access like support.mozilla.org for this website, so all cookies from that domain are still there the next time you open Firefox and go to that site.
The same can be helpful if a web page allows customization and that data is stored in a cookie (e.g. Google Preferences)