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Cookies are enabled, yet Firefox doesn't keep me logged in at websites at all.

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Firefox just doesn't keep me logged in at all. Whatever it's Facebook, Gmail, Youtube, Forums, or what so ever. I turned on the option that when I close Firefox, it will show me the tabs from last session, and it doesn't do that at all.

Firefox just doesn't keep me logged in at all. Whatever it's Facebook, Gmail, Youtube, Forums, or what so ever. I turned on the option that when I close Firefox, it will show me the tabs from last session, and it doesn't do that at all.

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  • Such details are stored in a cookie.
  • Websites remembering you and automatically log you in is stored in a cookie.
  • You need an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep that cookie, especially for secure websites and if you let cookies expire when Firefox closes
  • Make sure that you do not use Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"