Why does Incognito/private browsing store cookies and history?
Recently transferred from Chrome. My understanding was Firefox private browsing was supposed to work similarly to chrome incognito mode; once you close the browser, all local files are deleted and cookies are cleared.
However, with Firefox it maintains my logins. If I log into an account while private browsing and the close the browser, I’ll still be logged in next time I go to the website even if it’s days later (and I have never logged into this account in a non-private browsing window!)
I never had this issue using chrome incognito, so it seems to be a Firefox problem.
Is this just not something Firefox supports? Is there any way to prevent storage of cookies and private data?
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I’ve also recently discovered that logins on private browsing copy over to normal browsing.
I.e if I login to a Gmail account in private browsing, then close all tabs, and open Gmail in regular browsing, I’ll be logged into that same account.
My wife has had it happen in Yahoo - she logs in on a private tab, closes everything, then opens Yahoo on a normal tab and is logged into the other account.
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I’m having this issue now too: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1l4kvbi/firefox_keeps_refreshing_pages_on_ios/
Whenever I’m scrolling articles or Reddit, Firefox will randomly refresh the entire page. This happens to my wife a lot on recipes - as she tries to scroll recipes while cooking, it constantly refreshes the page and goes back to the top.
This happens when scrolling down a page, which involves swiping up on your phone, so it’s definitely not the pull down to refresh function.
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