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Firefox Suggest and personalized websites while in Private Browsing

I look at porn on my Android phone. I use Private Browsing to do so. Why are my Private Browsing addresses appearing as Firefox Suggest results that appear outside of Pri… (read more)

I look at porn on my Android phone. I use Private Browsing to do so. Why are my Private Browsing addresses appearing as Firefox Suggest results that appear outside of Private Browsing as well? And why does Pornhub show me a personalized home page when I'm using Private Browsing? None of these pages are in my browser history because I've only accessed them via Private Browsing. But these "features" sort of defeat the purpose of it don't you think?

I've just switched from Chrome to Firefox and never had this issue with Chrome.

Asked by appstoreuk 1 year ago

Answered by appstoreuk 12 months ago

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Unable to unable private browsing on Firefox for iOS

"Hello, I am trying to enable Private Browsing on my Firefox app for iOS, but I cannot find the option in the settings. I have tried restarting the app and checking under… (read more)

"Hello, I am trying to enable Private Browsing on my Firefox app for iOS, but I cannot find the option in the settings. I have tried restarting the app and checking under the 'Settings' tab, but it is still not showing. Could you please guide me on how to enable this feature on my device? I am using the latest version of Firefox for iOS (Version 137.0), and I am on iOS version 16. Please let me know if there's something I am missing or a specific setting I need to adjust."

Asked by ahmedmoveon 10 months ago

Last reply by Paul 10 months ago

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Private Browsing deleted download files when I closed the window??

It's not that they are not in my Firefox downloads manager, which I expected. It's that I confirmed before closing my private browsing window that they were in my Downloa… (read more)

It's not that they are not in my Firefox downloads manager, which I expected. It's that I confirmed before closing my private browsing window that they were in my Downloads folder on my C drive, and when I went back after closing the private browsing window they were gone. Under "recent files" in my file browser it showed a couple of the most recent downloads and when I tried to click to open them it said they had been moved or deleted. Entering the first couple words of the file titles in the search bar in my file browser yields absolutely nothing.

This was over 30 files or so. It will be really irritating to try to find and download all of them again. Does anyone know of any way for me to get them back???

Asked by 13m47 1 year ago

Last reply by Sondra Kinsey 1 year ago

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How to opt-out of Private Tab Lock

On Nightly build 2016088551, I was given a pop-up to lock tabs in Private mode. I do not like this change, so I tried looking in settings to turn this off. I did not find… (read more)

On Nightly build 2016088551, I was given a pop-up to lock tabs in Private mode. I do not like this change, so I tried looking in settings to turn this off. I did not find the option to turn this off. How do I do so?

Asked by blue1.1werewolf 9 months ago

Last reply by Kiki 8 months ago

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Private session should not be stored and

Why is the sessionstore.jsonlz4 generated from a private firefox window ? It is not private anymore if the session is stored in place of the regular session, which b… (read more)

Why is the sessionstore.jsonlz4 generated from a private firefox window ? It is not private anymore if the session is stored in place of the regular session, which by the way happens not to be generated when the regular firefox window is closed while a private firefox window is still open. The private firefox window should have no effect on the regular session storage and should never be stored, all this is very confusing.

Asked by Lei12 9 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 9 months ago

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Firefox Nightly Private Tab Lock Disable?

Hi, I am using Firefox Nightly. It keeps prompting me to lock my private tabs, I accidentally clicked it and now I need password/biometrics everytime to view my private t… (read more)

Hi, I am using Firefox Nightly. It keeps prompting me to lock my private tabs, I accidentally clicked it and now I need password/biometrics everytime to view my private tabs. How do I disable the lock? I cannot find it in settings/private browsing.

Asked by Rafael Del Rosario 9 months ago

Answered by Kiki 8 months ago

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private browser will not work

I'm sure if I just don't know how to use it correctly or maybe I installed to many extensions that are conflicting but the private browsers won't work. Anybody got idea w… (read more)

I'm sure if I just don't know how to use it correctly or maybe I installed to many extensions that are conflicting but the private browsers won't work. Anybody got idea why this would be.

Asked by R 9 months ago

Last reply by Paul 9 months ago

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how to disable private mode unlocked on firefox android nightly?

i just updated firefox android nightly to 140.0a1 and found a new feature that drive me crazy: it's locked the private tab behind my android fingerprint/password every si… (read more)

i just updated firefox android nightly to 140.0a1 and found a new feature that drive me crazy: it's locked the private tab behind my android fingerprint/password every single time I'm open it (like, from private tab > go to home > enter firefox again)

and i want to disable it completely (please don't ask me to confirmed my fingerprint/password every single time I'm access private tabs) but can't find an option to do so in setting/about:config

so if anyone know how to disabled it please help

thank you

Asked by firefox26 9 months ago

Last reply by Kiki 8 months ago

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Stop history side bar popping up and disappearing when opening new private window

Opening a new private window (via any method, keyboard shortcut or the button in the burger menu) will show the History sidebar for a very short while, then it disappears… (read more)

Opening a new private window (via any method, keyboard shortcut or the button in the burger menu) will show the History sidebar for a very short while, then it disappears. This is very annoying as when I type the cursor is no longer automatically focused in the address bar.

138.0.1 Firefox Snap for Ubuntu

Asked by user2758963 9 months ago

Last reply by user2758963 9 months ago

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answer my question without delay

second time asked pay attention and answer the question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how does one stop private browsing and then when wanted reset back to private simple q… (read more)

second time asked pay attention and answer the question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how does one stop private browsing and then when wanted reset back to private simple question now answer

Asked by Steve Galli 9 months ago

Last reply by James 9 months ago

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Saving Private Window Tabs when restarting

Due mostly to upgrades in the app software, it's necessary to restart Firefox on occasion. Also, it's necessary due to OS upgrades. While the Restore Previous Session is … (read more)

Due mostly to upgrades in the app software, it's necessary to restart Firefox on occasion. Also, it's necessary due to OS upgrades. While the Restore Previous Session is a wonderful feature, it arbitrarily (and properly, by default) forgets all of the Private Tabs. But, there are times when I'd like to save some or all of the Private Tabs I've got open. A 'settable' feature to 'Remember Private Tabs during Restart' would be a tremendous asset at times.

Asked by Antiquetuck 11 months ago

Last reply by TechHorse 11 months ago

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Как сохранить вкладки и куки в облаке аккаунта?

Здравствуйте. Предпочитаю работать в режиме "Инкогнито". Интересует есть ли возможность при входе в аккаунт в этом режиме чтоб автоматически восстанавливались последние в… (read more)

Здравствуйте. Предпочитаю работать в режиме "Инкогнито". Интересует есть ли возможность при входе в аккаунт в этом режиме чтоб автоматически восстанавливались последние вкладки и куки? Но при этом чтоб куки не хранились на компьютере или автоматически удалялись после выхода из аккаунта

Asked by novosti-mk 10 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 10 months ago