How to view/delete local storage in Firefox?
JavascriptFirefoxLocal StorageJavascript Problem Overview
In Google Chrome there is an easy way to see what's in local storage as well as modify or delete it after inspecting it.
Is there a way to do the same in Firefox?
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
You can delete localStorage items one by one using Firebug (a useful web development extension) or Firefox's developer console.
#Firebug Method
- Open Firebug (click on the tiny bug icon in the lower right)
- Go to the DOM tab
- Scroll down to and expand localStorage
- Right-click the item you wish to delete and press Delete Property
#Developer Console Method
You can enter these commands into the console:
localStorage; // click arrow to view object's properties
localStorage.removeItem("foo");
localStorage.clear(); // remove all of localStorage's properties
#Storage Inspector Method
Firefox now has a built in storage inspector, which you may need to manually enable. See rahilwazir's answer below.
Solution 2 - Javascript
From Firefox 34 onwards you now have an option for Storage Inspector, which you can enable it from developer tools settings
Once there, you can enable the Storage
options under Default Firefox Developer tools
Updated 27-3-16
Firefox 48.0a1 now supports Cookies editing.
Updated 3-4-16
Firefox 48.0a1 now supports localStorage and sessionStorage editing.
Updated 02-08-16
Firefox 48 (stable release) and onward supports editing of all storage types, except IndexedDB
Solution 3 - Javascript
To inspect your localStorage items you may type console.log(localStorage);
in your javascript console (firebug for example or in new FF versions the shipped js console).
You can use this line of Code to get rid of the browsers localStorage contents. Just execute it in your javascript console:
localStorage.clear();
Solution 4 - Javascript
As 'localStorage' is just another object, you can: create, view, and edit it in the 'Console'. Simply enter 'localStorage' as a command and press enter, it'll display a string containing the key-value pairs of localStorage (Tip: Click on that string for formatted output, i.e. to display each key-value pair in each line).
Solution 5 - Javascript
There is now a great plugin for Firebug that clones this nice feature in chrome. Check out:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firestorage-plus/
It's developed by Nick Belhomme and updated regularly
Solution 6 - Javascript
I could not use localStorage
directly in the Firefox (v27) console. I got the error:
> [Exception... "Component is not available" nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)" location: "JS frame :: debugger eval code ::
What worked was:
window.content.localStorage
Solution 7 - Javascript
Try this, it works for me:
var storage = null;
setLocalStorage();
function setLocalStorage() {
storage = (localStorage ? localStorage : (window.content.localStorage ? window.content.localStorage : null));
try {
storage.setItem('test_key', 'test_value');//verify if posible saving in the current storage
}
catch (e) {
if (e.name == "NS_ERROR_FILE_CORRUPTED") {
storage = sessionStorage ? sessionStorage : null;//set the new storage if fails
}
}
}