Privacy.item.offlineApps

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is privacy.item.offlineApps.

This article describes the preference privacy.item.offlineApps. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

Background

The HTML 5 Specification defines a mechanism allowing web pages to store information and pre-cached data with a web browser. Since these data have privacy implications, they can be cleared through the “Clear Private Data” mechanism. This preference determines whether offline website data is deleted when clearing private data.

Possible values and their effects

True

Clear offline website data when clearing private data

False

Preserve offline website data when clearing private data (Default)

UI

Firefox 3

The checkbox “Offline Website Data” under “Tools → Clear Private Data... → Clear the following items now:” toggles this preference between true and false.

First checked in

2008-01-26 by Dave Camp

Has an effect in

  • Firefox (nightly builds since 2008-01-26)

Related bugs

Related preferences

External links

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