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Removed images accidentally with console

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Hi, I accidentally removed all images using the console on one website. I don't know what I pressed/deleted and I can't get them back. I've tried the troubleshooting, the permissions seems fine and there's nothing obvious to reset. How do I get the images back? They do appear on the verified, more information, media box but not on the page itself. I'm assuming it's a case of re-entering a code or enabling something but as above I have no idea what I was changed. Thanks.

Hi, I accidentally removed all images using the console on one website. I don't know what I pressed/deleted and I can't get them back. I've tried the troubleshooting, the permissions seems fine and there's nothing obvious to reset. How do I get the images back? They do appear on the verified, more information, media box but not on the page itself. I'm assuming it's a case of re-entering a code or enabling something but as above I have no idea what I was changed. Thanks.

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Hi silvanhouse, do you mean that they are invisible just in Firefox -- do the images still display normally in other browsers on your computer?

Firefox used to have a checkbox in Page Info > Media where you could block or unblock images from sites as you selected them in the dialog. But that feature was removed a while ago, so there isn't a built-in way to block images from specific sites.

Is it possible that one of your add-ons is involved in this change -- do you have any that block content in pages?


If a site is generally known to work in Firefox, these are standard suggestions to try when it stops working normally:

Double-check content blockers: Firefox's Content Blocking/Tracking Protection feature, and extensions that counter ads and tracking, may break websites that embed third party content (meaning, from a secondary server).

(A) Do you see a shield icon toward the left end of the address bar, near the lock icon? More info on managing the Tracking Protection feature in this article: Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop (before Firefox 70: Content Blocking).

(B) Extensions such as Adblock Plus, Blur, Disconnect, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, Ghostery, NoScript, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin or uMatrix should provide toolbar buttons to manage blocked content in a page. There may or may not be a number on the icon indicating the number of blocked items; you may need to click the button to see what's going on and test whether you need to make an exception for this site.

Cache and Cookies: When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Clear Firefox's Cache

See: How to clear the Firefox cache

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site, click the lock icon at the left end of the address bar. After a moment, a "Clear Cookies and Site Data" button should appear at the bottom. Go ahead and click that.

In the dialog that opens, you will see one or more matches to the current address so you can remove the site's cookies individually without affecting other sites.

Then try reloading the page. Does that help?

Testing in Firefox's Safe Mode: In its Safe Mode, Firefox temporarily deactivates extensions, hardware acceleration, and some other advanced features to help you assess whether these are causing the problem.

If Firefox is not running: Hold down the Shift key when starting Firefox. (On Mac, hold down the option/alt key instead of the Shift key.)

If Firefox is running: You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode using either:

  • "3-bar" menu button > "?" Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
  • (menu bar) Help menu > Restart with Add-ons Disabled

and OK the restart.

Both scenarios: A small dialog should appear. Click "Start in Safe Mode" (not Refresh).

Any improvement?

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Sorry, I also meant to ask you which console you are referring to.

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You can remove all data stored in Firefox for a specific domain via "Forget About This Site" in the right-click context menu of an history entry ("History -> Show All History" or "View -> Sidebar -> History").

Using "Forget About This Site" will remove all data stored in Firefox for this domain like history and cookies and passwords and exceptions and cache, so be cautious. If you have a password or other data for that domain that you do not want to lose then make sure to backup this data or make a note.

You can't recover from this 'forget' unless you have a backup of involved files.

If you revisit a 'forgotten' website then data for that website will be saved once again.

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@ Cor-el I tried forget history but this had no effect on the issue.

@jscher2000 the console was the web developer web console in firefox. I somehow managed to select the media element and disabled it? Images do show on other browsers.

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You can check the "Request Blocking" feature in the Network Monitor.

  • "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Web Developer

See Blocking specific URLs:

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silvanhouse said

@jscher2000 the console was the web developer web console in firefox. I somehow managed to select the media element and disabled it?

Usually changes like that are very temporary and only last until you reload the page.