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Cookies cannot be cleared

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Clicking lock icon, then Clear Data, doesnt clear cookies. I have to purge entire cookies from clear history tool or live with cookies for forever.

Clicking lock icon, then Clear Data, doesnt clear cookies. I have to purge entire cookies from clear history tool or live with cookies for forever.

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Work-around: Cookies can be cleared with extensions like Cookie AutoDelere

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jeffrey johns said

So, you're stuck: keep cookies forever or wipe out your entire history. Tough call Try a restart after clearing data. Tech can be weirdly picky. And double-check those buttons – it's like a tech scavenger hunt sometimes. [removed spam link from quote]

Still no hope, restarting after clear data still keeps cookies

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Hi

Please disregard that earlier post.

What makes you believe that cookies are being retained?

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Paul said

Hi Please disregard that earlier post. What makes you believe that cookies are being retained?

settings still saved in some pages, I am sure they are stored in either cookies or local storage (which both should be cleared) and not account settings nor on ip. Settings successfully reset when I clear data on other browsers.

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Hi

This is something that our developers are aware of and are looking into. You can follow progress on this and add comments at:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1858370

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Work-around: Cookies can be cleared with extensions like Cookie AutoDelere