It does not clear all private data
I’m using Firefox 156.0 (76745) on iOS 26.7. I cleared all private data, including website data, but when I reopen Firefox, it still shows the previously opened website on the splash screen. I tested this more than three times, and the issue occurs consistently.
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Shortcut tiles can be either pinned (you've added those manually so you'd need to remove these manually as well), or are the most frequent/recent sites from your history. Removing site data does not change your history itself.
Have you deleted all your history as well?
I have disabled Shortcuts. Nothing is pinned. Deleted all the history. I have attached some screenshots for reference.
The screenshot shows you have nothing shown on the home tab if that's what you call "splash screen". The only other "splash screen" being a loading animation only has Firefox brand logo and no content.
Can you elaborate a bit more where exactly you see your previous content? Thanks!
I know that’s the Home tab. I didn’t call it the splash screen. I always close Firefox from memory. As soon as I reopen it, that’s where it briefly shows the previously opened website for just a second.
Could you record a video and upload it with a bug report to github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues please?
I'm suspecting what you're seeing is a stale iOS–level app screen snapshot that's shown when the app is not active (yet), so any data captured there from earlier is in the hands of the device/OS at that point.