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Why am I not allowed to recheck the box under privacy and security that would allow me to remember logins and passwords? Not getting an answer to this!

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The other day I went into Firefox to Options/Privacy & Security and unchecked the box 'Remember logins and passwords for websites' - had a scare thinking my laptop might have a virus. I cleared out my history and cookies, ran my virus software and all is OK. Found out the message I got was a scam! So today I went back into Options to activate the 'Remember logins and passwords for websites' box and I can't! What am I doing wrong!

The other day I went into Firefox to Options/Privacy & Security and unchecked the box 'Remember logins and passwords for websites' - had a scare thinking my laptop might have a virus. I cleared out my history and cookies, ran my virus software and all is OK. Found out the message I got was a scam! So today I went back into Options to activate the 'Remember logins and passwords for websites' box and I can't! What am I doing wrong!

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Make sure not to enable permanent Private Browsing mode, which is similar to selecting "Never remember history".

Also see this question and the Usernames and passwords are not saved support article.

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Make sure not to enable permanent Private Browsing mode, which is similar to selecting "Never remember history".

Also see this question and the Usernames and passwords are not saved support article.