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Why is Firefox remembering history in Private Window?

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ChrichMich
ChrichMich
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When I close a Private Window and then reopen a New Private Window, Firefox opens that last page I visited in Private Mode. What is the point of browsing in private if it acts just like regular mode and remembers the history?

When I close a Private Window and then reopen a New Private Window, Firefox opens that last page I visited in Private Mode. What is the point of browsing in private if it acts just like regular mode and remembers the history?

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Eve
Eve
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Have you closed all private tabs and windows beforehand? If you have any open it'll retain the history until you close ALL of them.

ChrichMich
ChrichMich Question owner
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I have actually closed down the program and restarted the computer and it still remembers it. I even see the pages I browse In Private in the regular History List.