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Viewing localstorage of a site I am not on

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I am trying to find the localstorage of a website, which I can no longer visit, however the only thing I found was ways to read it through the console/ developer tools, which only allow me to read it from my currently visited site. Is there any way to read it? Can't even find it in the explorer searching through all my files.

I am trying to find the localstorage of a website, which I can no longer visit, however the only thing I found was ways to read it through the console/ developer tools, which only allow me to read it from my currently visited site. Is there any way to read it? Can't even find it in the explorer searching through all my files.

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nevermind found out, it is stored in webappsstore.sqlite :)

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What happens when you go to that site?


Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

  • Clear the Cache and
  • Remove Cookies
    Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

  • Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
  • Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe websites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.


Remove History For One Site Open the History Manager <Control><Shift> H. In the search bar, enter the name of the site. Right click on one of the listings and select Forget About This Site. This should remove all information, including any passwords / settings.

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It forces http to go to https. That in itself is no problem, however one of my userscripts had stored its data in localstorage and seems to have a complete separate localstorage for the https, making the data theoretically lost. Thus I am trying to access the localstorage from the http.

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nevermind found out, it is stored in webappsstore.sqlite :)

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That was very good work. Well done.