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Browser history is not clearing on close, though I have that setting selected in Tools...Options...Privacy. How can I resolve?

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I am getting problem during transit issues getting to my online banking site. My cookie settings are set to accept 3rd party cookies until I close firefox. In addition, I have the setting selected to clear history when firefox closed selected, with all options except Save Passwords and Site Preferences checked off.

I am getting problem during transit issues getting to my online banking site. My cookie settings are set to accept 3rd party cookies until I close firefox. In addition, I have the setting selected to clear history when firefox closed selected, with all options except Save Passwords and Site Preferences checked off.

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The easiest thing to do would be to start a private browsing session. Either hit CTRL+SHIFT+P or click "Tools" and then select it from menu.

While Firefox is in private browsing mode, nothing is saved to disk; only held in memory until you close Firefox.

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If clearing the cookies doesn't help then it is possible that the file cookies.sqlite that stores the cookies is corrupted.

Rename (or delete) cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and delete cookies.sqlite-journal and cookies.txt, if they exist, in the Profile Folder in case the file cookies.sqlite got corrupted.