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|Tools>Options>Privacy:"Keep until" option is blanked out, as are 3 "remember history" options, "Clear history when..." and "settings", how do I get them back?

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The Use custom settings for history is chosen: "Accept cookies from sites" and "Accept third party cookies" are both ticked, but I want to be able to say yes or no to cookies!

The Use custom settings for history is chosen: "Accept cookies from sites" and "Accept third party cookies" are both ticked, but I want to be able to say yes or no to cookies!

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Your image shows that you have checked "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session". This is causing your problem because cookies are not kept in private browsing.

Uncheck private browsing then go back to cor-el's advice.

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You can set that by choosing Keep until: Ask me every time

In that case Firefox will ask for every cookie, so you may get a lot of confirmation windows opening.

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As I said - "Keep until" is blanked out. That is my problem.

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Your image shows that you have checked "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session". This is causing your problem because cookies are not kept in private browsing.

Uncheck private browsing then go back to cor-el's advice.

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Yes, that did it - thanks!

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Happy to help.