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Mozilla Firefox default language setting to English not working

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Hello Support Team,

Please help me to set the language for Firefox in google.com, every time when I set the Google search in English, it will change to the current local language once restarted,

Please prove a solution for this Attached screenshots

Hello Support Team, Please help me to set the language for Firefox in google.com, every time when I set the Google search in English, it will change to the current local language once restarted, Please prove a solution for this Attached screenshots
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Are you keeping Google cookies and site settings as that is where your preferences are stored?

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@Terry - can you share the screenshot of the Mozilla settings which i can check the above mentioned settings?

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Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data ... button labelled Manage Data and possibly also the button labelled Manage Exceptions.

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check the attached, do i need to remove all.

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What country are you in and what do you have here? see screenshot Where did you download Firefox from?

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Hi @Jonzn please check the attached , its United Arab Emirates

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Where did you get Firefox?

Modified by jonzn4SUSE

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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"
  • Settings -> Privacy & Security
    Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history":
    [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" -> Settings