https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/firefox-labs/bug-in-settings-quot-delete-cookies-on-close-quot-completely/m-p/143497#M5327 <P>To be honest, this entire area of the settings is confusing and needs a rethink.</P><P>In Microsoft Edge, you have one section in the settings with two options:<BR /><STRONG>Clear browsing data now<BR />Choose what to clear every time you close the browser<BR /></STRONG>And in that second one, you can choose which sites to keep cookies from.</P><P>In Firefox, you have:<BR /><STRONG>Clear browsing data<BR />Clear data for specific sites<BR />Manage exceptions<BR />Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox<BR /></STRONG>All in one section, followed by:<BR /><STRONG>Remember history</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Customise history</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Never remember history</STRONG><BR />In another <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":dizzy_face:">😵</span>🥴</P><P>"Never remember history" and "Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox" seem to<BR />amount to the same thing.&nbsp; And if you choose "Customise history", then go into "Choose what you<BR />want Firefox to remember", there is there "Always use Private Browsing Mode", which again does<BR />the same thing the other two options do -- three options to essentially do the same-thing! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":upside_down_face:">🙃</span></P><P>Surely this could be simplified somehow...?</P> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:39:58 GMT dftf 2026-10-15T13:39:58Z https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/firefox-labs/bug-in-settings-quot-delete-cookies-on-close-quot-completely/m-p/143491#M5326 <P>When enabling <I>"Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed"</I>, Firefox automatically toggles the History settings to <I>"Use custom settings for history"</I> and forces settings that wipe the entire exception list upon closing.</P><P>If you try to disable the global clearing under History, the top checkbox for deleting cookies gets disabled as well. This creates a loop in the UI where it is currently impossible to delete cookies on shutdown while keeping specified exceptions.</P><P>Please fix this UI conflict so that cookie exceptions are respected as intended without being cleared along with the regular cookies.</P> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:06:21 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/firefox-labs/bug-in-settings-quot-delete-cookies-on-close-quot-completely/m-p/143491#M5326 xoobit-com 2026-10-15T13:06:21Z https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/firefox-labs/bug-in-settings-quot-delete-cookies-on-close-quot-completely/m-p/143497#M5327 <P>To be honest, this entire area of the settings is confusing and needs a rethink.</P><P>In Microsoft Edge, you have one section in the settings with two options:<BR /><STRONG>Clear browsing data now<BR />Choose what to clear every time you close the browser<BR /></STRONG>And in that second one, you can choose which sites to keep cookies from.</P><P>In Firefox, you have:<BR /><STRONG>Clear browsing data<BR />Clear data for specific sites<BR />Manage exceptions<BR />Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox<BR /></STRONG>All in one section, followed by:<BR /><STRONG>Remember history</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Customise history</STRONG><BR /><STRONG>Never remember history</STRONG><BR />In another <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":dizzy_face:">😵</span>🥴</P><P>"Never remember history" and "Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox" seem to<BR />amount to the same thing.&nbsp; And if you choose "Customise history", then go into "Choose what you<BR />want Firefox to remember", there is there "Always use Private Browsing Mode", which again does<BR />the same thing the other two options do -- three options to essentially do the same-thing! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":upside_down_face:">🙃</span></P><P>Surely this could be simplified somehow...?</P> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:39:58 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/firefox-labs/bug-in-settings-quot-delete-cookies-on-close-quot-completely/m-p/143497#M5327 dftf 2026-10-15T13:39:58Z