Starting Firefox without the last open tabs

Question

I'm running Firefox 9.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 (that's on Linux Mint).

One of the tabs has a site loaded which crashes Firefox each time it loads.

Therefore, I can't close the tab quickly enough after starting Firefox to stop that site loading.

How can I make Firefox "forget" its current session?

Shadok · Answer 1 · 2012-01-10 13:47:16Z

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You can also start Firefox in Safe Mode by quitting Firefox and then going to your Terminal and running:
firefox -safe-mode

A bit late but I confirm it's normal behavior, safe mode only loads the strict minimum from your profile in order to prevent cases like these.

answered Jan 10 at 11:18

Shadok
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