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How to prevent Firefox from automatically deleting form entries?

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galahad2k
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Is there a way to prevent firefox from automatically deleting form entries when they are older than 5 months? Is there a setting in the about:config file I can change (or add) to prevent this? I use the Form History Control add-on but there is no way to configure the add-on to control when entries are deleted by FF. 

 Gary
Is there a way to prevent firefox from automatically deleting form entries when they are older than 5 months? Is there a setting in the about:config file I can change (or add) to prevent this? I use the Form History Control add-on but there is no way to configure the add-on to control when entries are deleted by FF. Gary

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cor-el
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There is this pref to set this time range.

  • browser.formfill.expire_days (default = 180)
galahad2k
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Ah, yes! Thank you so much. 

 Gary
cor-el
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You're welcome