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Gmail no longer opens in Firefox and has for years!

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Gmail has always operated in Firefox until about last week.

It will open into Explorer and Google Chrome.

I try to open gmail and the screen stays blank.

Computer literacy is not a strength!

Gmail has always operated in Firefox until about last week. It will open into Explorer and Google Chrome. I try to open gmail and the screen stays blank. Computer literacy is not a strength!

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You might have seen the advice to clear your cache and cookies, but didn't get the specific steps to do so. Here they are.

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) Bypass Firefox's Cache

Use Ctrl+Shift+r to reload the page fresh from the server.

You also can clear Firefox's cache completely using:

orange Firefox button or Tools menu > Options > Advanced

On the Network mini-tab > Cached Web Content : "Clear Now"

This can take a few minutes to run if you have a large hard drive.

(2) Remove your google.com cookies

Save any pending work first, then, while viewing a page on google.com:

  • right-click and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
  • Alt+t (open the classic Tools menu) > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"

Select each cookie and click Remove. Then OK out and try reloading the page.

Can you log in and get to your mail?

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a million thanks for the detailed attempt to help - for some reason it did not do the trick

SO, still no gmail in FIREFOX

(and, I am so backward as to be having difficulty with instructions right here!)

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If cached files and bad cookies are not causing the problem, the next culprit usually is an add-on. This article describes Safe Mode and related options for checking on that possibility: Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems. Any luck?