Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Is Firefox saving IP address with bookmark?

more options

When I open a website and save a bookmark of it, is IP address of bookmarked site saved in bookmark? When I create bookmark without opening a website, is IP adress saved when I open bookmark?

When I open a website and save a bookmark of it, is IP address of bookmarked site saved in bookmark? When I create bookmark without opening a website, is IP adress saved when I open bookmark?

Chosen solution

Firefox only caches IP addresses for a short time, by default, 60 seconds. As far as I know, the IP address is not saved in the places.sqlite database that stores history and bookmarks (it would not be very efficient for data of such short validity to have to go to disk).

Read this answer in context 👍 0

All Replies (2)

more options

Yes and no, it depends on how you look at it. When you connect to the internet, your service provider connects you to a Dynamic Name Server or DNS. Every website is an IP address, but the DNS converts the IP to the actual website domain.

You can find the IP address of a website by going into Command Prompt (Windows) and using tracert (website.com)

more options

Chosen Solution

Firefox only caches IP addresses for a short time, by default, 60 seconds. As far as I know, the IP address is not saved in the places.sqlite database that stores history and bookmarks (it would not be very efficient for data of such short validity to have to go to disk).