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Before storing cookies can I have Mozilla ask me to store or not to store it?

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Would like to choose to store or not to store a website cookie at the time it is wanting to store the cookie.

Would like to choose to store or not to store a website cookie at the time it is wanting to store the cookie.

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Hi RRL1030, that is no longer a built-in of Firefox after version 43.

To more closely manage cookies in today's Firefox, here's what I suggest:

(1) On the Options page, Privacy panel, select a default cookie policy among these options:

  • Allow sites to set persistent cookies if they want ("Keep until: they expire")
  • Allow sites to set only session cookies ("Keep until: I close Firefox") (I use and recommend this second option)
  • Block sites from setting cookies (Uncheck the box for allowing sites to set cookies)

Note: to reveal specific privacy settings, choose "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history

(2) Install an extension that makes it easy to make site-specific changes, such as Cookie Monster.

The Cookie Monster button on the toolbar allows you to see permissions for first party and third party cookies and to change them.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cookie-monster/

Sample screen shot attached -- the option to "Apply cookie settings to both HTTP and HTTPS" is turned on, which streamlines the menu. With this option you don't have to set/modify permissions for both HTTP or HTTPS on the same site.

Alternately, some users prefer the Self-Destructing Cookies extension, which quietly sweeps away cookies when you close all tabs to a site. I haven't tried that one myself.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/