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I want to password protect my hotmail account so others cannot view my mail without password. How do I do this?

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I would like to password protect my email account so that only those with the password can access my mail. How do I go about this? I am sure that I once had this feature then it seemed to disappear following a new version of Mozzila being installed.

I would like to password protect my email account so that only those with the password can access my mail. How do I go about this? I am sure that I once had this feature then it seemed to disappear following a new version of Mozzila being installed.

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Go to the "Firefox" orange square in the top left corner, if you have the latest version of Firefox, options, options, then a smaller window opens, security, you will then have the options of remembering passwords or not, and/or deleting the passwords you stored on Firefox. You will usually have to go to your email service and un-click the "remember me" box.

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-> click Firefox button and click Options (OR File Menu -> Options) -> Security panel -> Remove Checkmark from Remember Passwords for sites -> click Saved Passwords button and click Remove All button -> click Close

-> Click OK on Options window -> Restart Firefox

-> Go to your Email Website

  • Enter Username & Password
  • Remove Checkmark from Keep Me Signed-in or Remember Me
  • click Log-in or Sign-in button

Check and tell if its working.

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Thanks for the help! I cannot find the 'Keep Me Signed-in' or 'Remember Me' options at my hotmail website. Can you provide further assistance? Mark.

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Remove Checkmark from Keep Me Signed in

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Sorry mha007 but I still cannot see the 'Keep Me Signed-in' option option on my hotmail site.

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On your system, doesn't the Hotmail page show up as displayed in the screenshot above (without entering any username and password) ?? IF NO then do the following:

-> Clear Cookies & Cache

-> Clear the Network Cache

-> Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache.

  • Press and hold Shift and left-click the Reload button.
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Cmd + Shift + R" (MAC)

Check and tell if its displaying correctly now (as viewed in the screenshot).

Modified by Hasan