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Clear history w/out clearing logins when it is unchecked in options

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wendyc
wendyc

When I clear the history my active logins are being cleared as well even though I have it unchecked on the options page. Why is that?

When I clear the history my active logins are being cleared as well even though I have it unchecked on the options page. Why is that?

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user633449
user633449

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Are you clearing cookies as well? That will clear your active logincs

cor-el
cor-el
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A detail like a website remembering you (log you in automatically) is stored in a cookie.

You can use these steps to make a website recognize and remember you:

  • you can create an "Allow" exception to keep specific cookies, especially in case of secure websites and when cookies expire when Firefox is closed.
  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Cookies and Site Data: Exceptions

If you remove the Cookies from websites then this makes a website forget about you.

Note that Active Logins is about servers that use Basic Authentication (i.e. you get a login dialog) and this is handled in another way (not via cookies), so do not get confused.