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LOve Firefox but it's annoying that if I'm using a search engine (I use lots of subscription legal search databases), when I press the back button all the data I entered in the search boxes has disappeared. I'm sure Firefox didn't use to do that?

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Love Firefox but it's annoying that if I'm using a search engine (I use lots of subscription legal search databases), when I press the back button all the data I entered in the search boxes has disappeared. I'm sure Firefox didn't use to do that?

Love Firefox but it's annoying that if I'm using a search engine (I use lots of subscription legal search databases), when I press the back button all the data I entered in the search boxes has disappeared. I'm sure Firefox didn't use to do that?

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Please do the following.

  1. Click the Firefox button, go to Options | Options | Privacy.

  2. In the dropdown menu at the top, change it to "Use custom settings for history"

  3. Checkmark the option: "Remember Search and Form history".

  4. Remove the checkmark from: "Clear history when Firefox closes".