topic Re: "Restore previous session" is gone. in Discussions

"Restore previous session" is gone.

Oregonerd — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:10:21 GMT

Why did you remove this??? AYFKM?

Time to find a new browser.

Re: "Restore previous session" is gone.

dftf — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:21:34 GMT

@Oregonerd go to Menu -> Settings -> Home and Startup
Make sure "Open previous windows and tabs" is ticked in the Startup section

If that's not working, usually one of two reasons:
• you're using a private window (it'll say "private browsing" in the top right), where this isn't possible
• you've set Firefox to clear certain data when you close it

For the latter, go to Menu -> Settings -> Privacy and Security, then check the following:
1. "Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox" is not ticked
2. "Remember history" or "Customise history" is chosen in the History section

Then if you use "Customise history", click "Choose what you want Firefox to remember" and check:
3. "Always use private browsing mode" is not ticked
4. If "Clear history when Firefox closes" is ticked, click Settings below that and check what you're asking to be cleared each time you close Firefox. It won't be able to restore sites if you're asking for "browsing and download history" to be cleared, and "cookies and site data" probably needs to not be cleared also

Re: "Restore previous session" is gone.

Oregonerd — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:40:18 GMT

Here's the thing. Today's update nuked my history and the restore session button.

Re: "Restore previous session" is gone.

dftf — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:32:58 GMT

@Oregonerd : not sure why an update would delete all your history.

Did your bookmarks, and saved addresses, credit-cards and passwords (depending which of those you have allowed Firefox to store) also get deleted, or just history?