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How do I exclude email accounts when I delete History

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When I delete my History it deletes stored account data for my email accounts and I need to log back in to my email accounts. Is there a way to exclude email information from being deleted?

When I delete my History it deletes stored account data for my email accounts and I need to log back in to my email accounts. Is there a way to exclude email information from being deleted?

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Detail like websites remembering you and log you in automatically is stored in cookies, so make sure you aren't clearing important cookies.

You can use these steps to make a website recognize and remember you.

  • create a cookie allow exception with the proper protocol (https:// or http://) to make a website remember you

You can check that you aren't clearing important cookies.

  • using "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" keeps cookies with an allow exception
  • using "Clear history when Firefox closes" to clear cookies clears all cookies including cookies with an allow exception you may want to keep
  • clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exceptions for passwords and other website specific data
  • Settings -> Privacy & Security
    Cookies and Site Data: "Manage Exceptions"