Firefox and Cookie Handling

[JmaCWQ]

Hello All,

Using Firefox 69.0.1, does anyone know how to set Preferences > Privacy & Security's history/cookie settings so when FF is closed it will clear all history, cache and cookies except for some cookies I want to keep?
There are tutorials around but all I can find is ones years out of date & the settings menus have changed since then.
I don't want to use an add-on.

Thanks

[Eadwine Rose]

One google search gave me this: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/automa ... temp-exit/

Looks different, but still applies.


To be found here:

about:preferences#privacy
Then scroll down to history.

[darknetmatrix]

these things are well explained here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cl ... ta-firefox

[JmaCWQ]

One google search gave me this: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/automa ... temp-exit/

Looks different, but still applies.


To be found here:

about:preferences#privacy
Then scroll down to history.

Thanks Eadwine, I'd already found that same info many times before asking here and yes that does work.
However the problem is I want it to keep some of the cookies upon closing instead of deleting them all.

[JmaCWQ]

these things are well explained here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cl ... ta-firefox

Thanks darknetmatrix,
Already read that several times too before I posted, the problem with that page is it doesn't explain how to keep some of the cookies upon closing while removing everything else...unless I missed it.
It apparently could be done on older versions as there's quite a few tutorials showing the settings for this, but the newer versions of FF the settings are different & don't appear to have the necessary options that need changing to enable it.

[darknetmatrix]

I hope this can help you: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1200198

[JmaCWQ]

Thanks again, yes seen that one several times also, but the settings described there to change don't appear in the current version of FF that I can see.

When I set "Use custom settings for history", the "Accept cookies from websites" and "Keep until:" settings don't appear like it's shown on that page.
The pic below is what I see in settings.
Under Cookie and Site Data, clicking "Clear Data" gives 3 options, clear all cookies and site data, clear the cache, or both.
Clicking "Manage Data" shows all the cookies with the option to remove only the selected ones or all at once.
"Manage Permissions" gives the options to block or allow cookies on different sites.

Under History, "Clear History" is obvious, with options to check/uncheck different parameters.
And the "Settings" beside Clear history when Firefox closes gives the same check/uncheck options as the Clear History options.

[JayM]

I suggest as this is a Firefox-specific question that you ask it in the Mozilla support forum. You'll probably have better luck being guided to a solution that suits you there.

[JmaCWQ]

Thanks Jay, yes that's the next step if no one here knows how to do this, thought I'd ask here first
Maybe Mozilla's removed that ability from the newer versions.
Add-ons can do it from what I've read, though I'd prefer to not use them if possible.

[jeffreyC]

Thanks Jay, yes that's the next step if no one here knows how to do this, thought I'd ask here first
Maybe Mozilla's removed that ability from the newer versions.
Add-ons can do it from what I've read, though I'd prefer to not use them if possible.

The ability to use add-ons is usually considered to be one of the greatest strengths of Firefox, so why wouldn't you use them?