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How do I stop Firefox from trying to restore session every time I turn on my computer?

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How do I stop Firefox from doing this?

How do I stop Firefox from doing this?

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Hello lwaldron, go from Tools > Options > General panel > When Firefox starts drop-down > UNselect Show my windows and tabs from last time, click OK to save, exit firefox and restart it.

see for more info : Restore previous session - Configure when Firefox shows your most recent tabs and windows


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Make sure that Firefox closes properly and that there isn't a hanging Firefox or plugin-container process left in the task manager.

Use "Firefox/File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit") to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the title bar.


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