I love firefox. So much that I am working on a dedicated blog on it.
Firefox is today the preferred browser for millions and millions of the web surfers. The best part of this fast and secure browser is its open source nature, which allows thousands of developers to create firefox extensions, firefox addon, firefox skins, firefox dictionaries and much more, which seamlessly integrate with your browser to give it a personalized touch.
And, it is fully supported by Google, the undisputed DON of Internet.
If you haven’t yet started using Firefox, then you can . And if you have been using Firefox, then there is a great set of free web tools from Google just for you. You can
Coming back, the present post is about the tip on…
Restoring last session in firefox
Firefox users know that one of most useful features of Firefox is its ability to restore the last session, by opening all the tabs, which were open when your system crashed and you lost the track. But this happens only if your system halted on its own. If you yourself exit Firefox, then the firefox will start from its home page.
But you can change this setting easily so that even if you exit firefox manually, it will open all the tabs next time, which were open when your pressed the Close button.

- Click on Tools menu > options.
- Click on the Main tab.
- Change the setting in “When Firefox Starts” field to “Show my windows and tabs from last time”.
- Save your settings.
This feature of firefox is really useful. You know small things do wonders to add your browsing experience.
How to remove firefox restore session feature (Edit)
Even if you do not implement the above given trick, Firefox restores the last session in case it closes due to some error or system crash. There are certain times, when you want to disable that feature. Check our post on How to get rid off Firefox Restore Session Dialog Box.











January 13th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
very true that small things do wonders…nice tip…
January 13th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
This is simple trick, but unknown to many.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 am
i love this browser – but sometimes i just can’t bear with the constnat reboots of this app
January 25th, 2008 at 12:22 am
I was wondering why when I lost logged on it asked me if I want to continue my last session. I love fire fox. I have seo for firefox plugin works great when I am posting on blogs.
January 26th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I love FF for this very reason, and a few more. The one item that it is lacking is auto-refresh after you lose you internet connection and get it back. Safari has it, and it is way cool
February 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Nice tip mate.I never had and idea about this.
February 7th, 2008 at 3:51 am
One thing I like about Firefox is its ability to restore previous session from system crash. This saves me headache. Even IE7 has no features like this – I think.
February 14th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I like Firefox but lately it keeps losing all my saved logins and passwords. It’s aggravating to have to login to everything any time I want to use it. Even more than once the same day. It used to save all my logins for months and months and I did not have to login again unless the site itself caused it. I have gone through all the FF settings, I know they are set where they should be. Is this a bug you have heard of in the recent versions?
February 16th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
And its possible to restoring windows and tabs from a specific day? for example, go to the history “2 days ago” and restore that session?
..because yesterday i have 5 windows with 5 or 6 tabs each but today already open the firefox without restoring last seasion (my mistake) and i wanna restoring last day…
February 20th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Great tip!
I was really happy when this was added as a standard feature in FireFox, but disappointed when I wouldn’t have the option to restore my last session if I had closed that last session myself (rather than from a crash.) (The previous addon I used would always prompt you.) Now I know how to restore that functionality. So thanks!
March 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
Great tip. This will definitely save me time and frustration next time my system crashes. Keep on posting.
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I frequently use Firefox and I think its great. I like the fact that google supports it and its growing everyday.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Is there a way to recover a session without restoring it? I had a virus on my computer, Firefox shut down and I lost all my tabs. The restore session option came up but when I pressed it everything was lost – is there a way to recover?
Ed
June 18th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
small thing that I never recover.
Thanks for the tips
May 21st, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I’d love a ‘restore previous session’ button, in the form of an addon or otherwise, if anyone knows of something like that..
April 7th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
The faucet looks good. My only criticism is that it seems to splash a bit. The pull-out feature is very nice and the mechanism for switching from spray to stream works well.
April 24th, 2010 at 3:31 am
my problem is that i close the firefox window with option “save and quit” and than restart the computer. After that, when I reopen the firefox window does not restore the previous tabs. Now problem is that How Can I Reopen These Tabs???
Can any body help me please……????
May 7th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I didn’t even know about this! But, I just closed out of my browser and it gave me the option to “Save and Quit”. However, when I opened the browser back up, none of my previous tabs popped up. Can I get them back? They were very important.
November 9th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
YES!!!
But how do you restore a session that did NOT restore??
THAT is the question!!!!
April 12th, 2011 at 9:20 am
I followed your instructions but it didn´t work. Firefox just ignores my setup and opens the firefox start page (google). Whenever I look at the configurations again, there it is, the start page url in the space that I left blank.
September 12th, 2011 at 11:55 am
@Greg
Type about:sessionrestore in the navigation bar
September 28th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
restore last session in firefox
November 16th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
i need to recover my lost face book messages and internet mails
March 20th, 2012 at 5:40 am
Hi.
I have lost all my app tabs and even when i force the restore box there is nothing in it. How do i do it manually, i had 50+ tabs and took long time to colllect and setup
Thanks