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Why do the search settings revert to moderate no matter how I set them?

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Why do the search settings revert to moderate no matter how I set them? I am using the current versions of Firefox and Duckduckgo on Windows 11. Both are set to 'off', but revert to moderate as whenever Firefox is restarted.

Paul Beckemeier pbeckemeier@bellsouth.net

Why do the search settings revert to moderate no matter how I set them? I am using the current versions of Firefox and Duckduckgo on Windows 11. Both are set to 'off', but revert to moderate as whenever Firefox is restarted. Paul Beckemeier pbeckemeier@bellsouth.net

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pbeckemeier, if DuckDuckGo stores your filtering level in a cookie, and this cookie is cleared when Firefox closes, then this could explain why the search engine keeps reverting to a default setting?

have you set Firefox to clear cookies on exit? Or do you use DuckDuckGo in a private window? As again all settings saved in cookies will be lost when all private windos are closed.

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