# FireFox losing cookies.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-losing-cookies/485603>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 12, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-losing-cookies/485603 "2009-02-12T22:40:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-losing-cookies/485603/1 "2009-02-12T22:40:43Z")

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OK, so Firefox seems to have stopped keeping my cookies. I get logged out of iGoogle, here, eBay - well you get the idea.

I have tried changing my cookies settings, shutting down Firefox and changing it back.

Also did a reboot.

Anyone have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-losing-cookies/485603/2 "2009-02-13T00:13:38Z")

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I’m so glad you asked. This bug hit my computer last week and I’ve been hoping for an explanation and a fix.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-losing-cookies/485603/3 "2009-02-13T00:47:31Z")

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[Website logins (cookies) not remembered after restarting Firefox](http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Live+Chat+issue+guide#Website_logins_cookies_not_remembered_after_restarting_Firefox)

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> If the problem still continues, a corrupt database is likely. [follow the steps to fix a corrupt sqlite file](http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Live+Chat+issue+guide#Corrupt_sqlite_files_in_the_profile_folder), renaming **cookies.sqlite** and **cookies.sqlite-journal.**

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-losing-cookies/485603/4 "2009-02-13T00:53:49Z")

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Delete cookies.sqlite worked for me. 🙂