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I want to be logged out of facebook and pandora etc. once I have closed a tab. How can I do this?

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I would like to change my settings so that I am automatically logged out of websites where I log in, once I have closed the window. After closing the window would be preferred rather than after closing the tab. Thank you

I would like to change my settings so that I am automatically logged out of websites where I log in, once I have closed the window. After closing the window would be preferred rather than after closing the tab. Thank you

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There are two ways

  1. Browsing in Private Window
  2. Clearing the Cookies and Cache, when closing the Firefox

Firefox - Private Window

Make Private Browsing Windows as Default

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
  • Select: [x] "Always use private browsing mode"
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Clearing Cookies and Cache

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > History>
  • Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history":
  • Keep until "I Close Firefox"
  • Select: [x] "Clear history when Firefox closes"
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Chosen Solution

There are two ways

  1. Browsing in Private Window
  2. Clearing the Cookies and Cache, when closing the Firefox

Firefox - Private Window

Make Private Browsing Windows as Default

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
  • Select: [x] "Always use private browsing mode"
==================================================

Clearing Cookies and Cache

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > History>
  • Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history":
  • Keep until "I Close Firefox"
  • Select: [x] "Clear history when Firefox closes"
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Thank you so much! Big help :)

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Since you preferred a solution which works window-wise the following may not be relevant to you any more, as iamjayakumars already gave an excellent answer. There is, however, an addon that works tab-wise; cookies are deleted some time (that you can specify) after you close the corresponding tab: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/ You can also set it to removie cookies on closed browser or completely turn off cookie removal per site.

Just thought I'll leave this here if anyone needs it. :-)