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I want to do a selective data delete at shutdown.

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K.B. Tidwell
K.B. Tidwell

I want my Firefox cache to be cleared every time I shut it down, but nothing else. I want to keep History, Cookies, and Site Settings.

I want my Firefox cache to be cleared every time I shut it down, but nothing else. I want to keep History, Cookies, and Site Settings.

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markwarner22
markwarner22

That is a OS function Firefox browser has not control over shutdown from the OS.


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox

James
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K.B. Tidwell said
I want my Firefox cache to be cleared every time I shut it down, but nothing else. I want to keep History, Cookies, and Site Settings.

See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-clear-firefox-cache#w_automatically-clear-the-cache