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How can I set app tabs to open to the default page on startup?

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SerasAtomsk
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If I use an App Tab and click on a link from that tab, then exit and open Firefox, it opens up the website I was on when I closed Firefox the last time as the App Tab. For example, If I have Google as an app tab, make a search, click on a new website, and exit Firefox, the same website from before will load in my App tab instead of Google. When I open Firefox, I want my app tabs to open to their default pages, not the pages I was surfing from those tabs when I closed Firefox.

If I use an App Tab and click on a link from that tab, then exit and open Firefox, it opens up the website I was on when I closed Firefox the last time as the App Tab. For example, If I have Google as an app tab, make a search, click on a new website, and exit Firefox, the same website from before will load in my App tab instead of Google. When I open Firefox, I want my app tabs to open to their default pages, not the pages I was surfing from those tabs when I closed Firefox.

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cor-el
cor-el
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App Tabs are not protected against changing the URL by opening a link in that same tab and Firefox doesn't keep a record of the original URL.
You can middle click a link to open the link in a new tab if you do not want the tab changing the URL.

You can lock the tab with the Tab Mix Plus extension.