Share your Android device with a Firefox Guest Session

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  • Creator: Joni
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A Guest Session lets someone else use Firefox on your Android device without giving them access to your personal information like passwords, bookmarks and history.

Note: This applies to the latest Firefox for Android Release version which can be downloaded from mozilla.org/firefox/android/.

Start a Guest Session

  1. Tap the Firefox menu button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then Tools and finally New Guest Session.
    New Guest Session
  2. Then tap Continue. Firefox will restart in Guest Session mode.

End a Guest Session

  1. Tap the Firefox menu button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then Exit Guest Session.
    Exit Guest Session
  2. Tap Continue to delete all the browsing data from the Guest Session and return Firefox to normal with all of your personal data available.

How can I tell if I am in a Guest Session?

Tap the Firefox menu button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) . If you can see Exit Guest Session you are in Guest Session mode.