Problems with using privacy settings and staying logged in with add-ons like grammarly and evernote.
With privacy, every time I start Firefox I have to log in to my add-ons like Grammarly and Evernote. I tried to use custom settings for my history to allow the web addresses for these sites by adding the address to the exception list but it doesn't solve the problem. Is there a way to allow exceptions for these apps so I don't have to log into them every time I start Firefox with privacy on?
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A detail like a website remembering you (log you in automatically) is stored in a cookie.
You can use these steps to make a website recognize and remember you:
- You can create a cookie "Allow" exception to keep specific cookies, especially in case of secure websites and when cookies expire when Firefox is closed.
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy -> "Use custom settings for history" -> Cookies: Exceptions
In case you use "Clear history when Firefox closes" or otherwise clear history.
- do not clear the Cookies
- do not clear the Site Preferences
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy -> Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" -> Settings
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history
- clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exception for password and other website specific data
- clearing cookies will remove all selected cookies including cookies with an "Allow" exception you may want to keep
I tinkered around with these settings but nothing worked. I still have to log into all of the apps everytime I open a browser.