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delete username and password on download?

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When I open Firefox, the first thing that comes up is my username and it asks for password. I want to just go to Firefox without having to use a username and password. Thanks.

When I open Firefox, the first thing that comes up is my username and it asks for password. I want to just go to Firefox without having to use a username and password. Thanks.

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How is Firefox asking for your login? Since you have Microsoft's mail site selected as your home page, I would expect Firefox to show https://login.live.com/login.srf at startup (assuming you logged out of Outlook when you finished using it previously, or any cookie set to preserve your logged in status has expired or was deleted). Is that what you see?

In that case, if you don't want to log in to that site immediately, you could:

If you are getting some other kind of prompt, what does it look like?

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How is Firefox asking for your login? Since you have Microsoft's mail site selected as your home page, I would expect Firefox to show https://login.live.com/login.srf at startup (assuming you logged out of Outlook when you finished using it previously, or any cookie set to preserve your logged in status has expired or was deleted). Is that what you see?

In that case, if you don't want to log in to that site immediately, you could:

If you are getting some other kind of prompt, what does it look like?

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Did you set a master password on Firefox Password Manager?