In the "history" dropdown, there is an option to "restore previous session". i want to take this option away completely.

i am not talking about crashes or my home page. i am talking about the option in the history drop down that enables anyone who comes behind me to restore my session after i am gone.

cor-el, i have read multiple threads with this question, and you always seem to post these links. i do not think that you are understanding the question properly. i read the first link you posted, and the most relevant item was "disabling session store completely". so i went into about:config, and did what i was told. i set the preferences browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo and browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo to 0. '''this doesnt work'''. after i do this, i close firefox, and reopen. in the history dropdown there is ''still'' an option to restore previous session, i click it and it restores session.
diego, your answer isnt what i was hoping for. i would like to remain signed into the pages i frequent. such as gmail, youtube, ect. your solution signs me out of everything every time. so, though technically it works, this isnt the option i want to use. but after tinkering with the options in this section i figured it out for anyone else with my same concerns:
'''''go to: tools > options > privacy, in the "history" pane, check "clear history when firefox closes", click settings for that option, check "browsing and download history". '''''

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