Delete all containers and reset to default containers option

[Valtarien]

TL:DR

**In summary, I request the implementation of a "delete all containers and reset to defaults" feature in the extension preferences, and option upon re-installing the extension. This should be a fairly straightforward solution to resolve not only problems resulting from the "Temporary Containers" extension, but any other problematic extension that exists or gets developed in the future.

Also, is there any way to manually delete and reset all containers to a default new installation configuration?**

• YES: "Firefox will: Never remember history" in the Firefox Preferences/Options under "Privacy & Security > History" is NOT selected
• YES: You are NOT using Firefox in a Private Window
• YES: You can see a grayed out but ticked Checkbox with the description "Enable Container Tabs" in the Firefox Preferences/Options under "Tabs"

Add-ons

• Multi-Account Containers Version: 7.3.0
• Operating System + Version: Pop!_OS 20.10 (Ubuntu-based Linux distribution) and Windows 10 (updated fully to 2021-02-26).
• Firefox Version: 85.0.1 (64-bit)
• Other installed Add-ons + Version + Enabled/Disabled-Status:
  Name Type Version Enabled ID
  Amazon Smile Redirect extension 2.0.11 true {aac801ed-5288-41e0-a937-7aa70207ab13}
  Amazon.com extension 1.3 true [email protected]
  Auto Tab Discard extension 0.4.1.1 true {c2c003ee-bd69-42a2-b0e9-6f34222cb046}
  Auto-Sort Bookmarks extension 3.4.1 true sortbookmarks@bouanto
  Bing extension 1.3 true [email protected]
  ClearURLs extension 1.20.0 true {74145f27-f039-47ce-a470-a662b129930a}
  Cookie AutoDelete extension 3.6.0 true [email protected]
  Copy PlainText extension 1.11 true [email protected]
  Copy ShortURL extension 5.1.1 true jid0-ODIKJS9b4IT3H1NYlPKr0NDtLuE@jetpack
  CSS Exfil Protection extension 1.1.0 true {7fc8ef53-24ec-4205-87a4-1e745953bb0d}
  Decentraleyes extension 2.0.15 true jid1-BoFifL9Vbdl2zQ@jetpack
  Disable JavaScript extension 2.3.1 true {41f9e51d-35e4-4b29-af66-422ff81c8b41}
  Don't Fuck With Paste extension 2.7 true [email protected]
  DownThemAll! extension 4.2.6 true {DDC359D1-844A-42a7-9AA1-88A850A938A8}
  DuckDuckGo extension 1.1 true [email protected]
  eBay extension 1.3 true [email protected]
  Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension 7.3.0 true @testpilot-containers
  Firefox Relay extension 1.5.1 true [email protected]
  Google extension 1.1 true [email protected]
  Grammar and Spell Checker — LanguageTool extension 3.3.4 true [email protected]
  HTTPS Everywhere extension 2021.1.27 true [email protected]
  IBA Opt-out (by Google) extension 2.0 true [email protected]
  Joplin Web Clipper extension 1.6.1 true {8419486a-54e9-11e8-9401-ac9e17909436}
  Link Gopher extension 2.0.1 true [email protected]
  Lustre extension 1.7.6 true {8f9bcce0-80fe-4076-b8b1-988a81152068}
  MarkDownload - Markdown Web Clipper extension 3.0.0 true {1c5e4c6f-5530-49a3-b216-31ce7d744db0}
  Media Bias/Fact Check Extension extension 3.1.2 true media-bias-fact-check@drmikecrowe-mbfcext
  Minimal Consent extension 1.0.9 true {94c24b3e-bf92-4ace-9279-e7fbf4dbf186}
  Official Media Bias Fact Check Icon extension 1.7.1 true {6ba00d80-d8f3-4e1a-bc70-e1b6c64ae4a0}
  Offline QR Code Generator extension 1.7 true [email protected]
  OneNote Web Clipper extension 3.8.0 true [email protected]
  OneTab extension 1.50 true [email protected]
  Polisis extension 2.0 true {54da8dcf-a015-4c80-bbb4-db7f226ac7bd}
  Privacy Badger extension 2021.2.2 true jid1-MnnxcxisBPnSXQ@jetpack
  Privacy Possum extension 2019.7.18 true woop-NoopscooPsnSXQ@jetpack
  RegretsReporter extension 1.0.1 true [email protected]
  SingleFile extension 1.18.69 true {531906d3-e22f-4a6c-a102-8057b88a1a63}
  Stylus extension 1.5.17 true {7a7a4a92-a2a0-41d1-9fd7-1e92480d612d}
  Swift Selection Search extension 3.47.3 true jid1-KdTtiCj6wxVAFA@jetpack
  Terms of Service; Didn’t Read extension 4.0.6 true jid0-3GUEt1r69sQNSrca5p8kx9Ezc3U@jetpack
  TinEye Reverse Image Search extension 1.4.1 true [email protected]
  Tranquility Reader extension 3.0.22 true [email protected]
  uBlock Origin extension 1.33.2 true [email protected]
  Unpaywall extension 3.94 true {f209234a-76f0-4735-9920-eb62507a54cd}
  VirusTotal Scan extension 0.6.3 true {06def8b7-bcc3-4f1e-add7-7d8222ca0efc}
  Web Clipper extension 1.29.0 true {3fbb1f97-0acf-49a0-8348-36e91bef22ea}
  Wikipedia (en) extension 1.1 true [email protected]
  Youtube Audio extension 0.0.2.5 true {580efa7d-66f9-474d-857a-8e2afc6b1181}
  Zoom Page WE extension 17.13 true zoompage-we@DW-dev
  English (CA) Language Pack locale 85.0buildid20210204182252 true [email protected]
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Actual behavior

After uninstalling the "Temporary Containers" (TC) extension, there were hundreds of temporary containers ("tmp###") left behind. After uninstalling "Multi-Account Containers" (MAC) and all dependent extensions that relied on containers, deleting my cache and profile, recreating, re-syncing Firefox (FF), and reinstalling MAC, I still have all those unwanted temporary containers.

Expected behavior

Uninstalling and reinstalling MAC should provide an option to reset containers to default initial offerings. Additionally, it would be ideal to allow for a "delete all containers and reset to defaults" option in the extension preferences.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install MAC.
2. Install "Temporary Containers" (TC) extension and start browsing.
3. After visiting several sites, allowing for the creation of temporary containers, uninstall both TC and MAC.
4. Delete entire profile and restart FF.
5. Re-sync your profile.
6. Re-install MAC and notice that all temporary containers remain, with no option but to delete them one-by-one, involving multiple clicks for each deletion.

[Valtarien]

After further investigation, I see that this problem is a recurring one for many people, at least in the following posted issues:

• Temporary containers not removed with new sync feature stoically/temporary-containers#371
• https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/issues/1675
• Thousands of Duplicate Containers when Syncing #1912
• Multi-Account Container Sync Creating Additional Containers. #1885
• Sync creates duplicate copies of containers #1839
• Containers won't delete it comes back, I have sync turned on. #1799
• Default containers reappear when syncing from a new profile #1737
• Containers persistently come back after deleting them #1732
• A way to reset server-side Firefox Sync data? #1661

With so many posts about this, and the unresolved nature of it, it is no wonder I've not gotten a response here. Still, I would appreciate it if someone who finds a solution to this problem would notify me here in a PM. I have managed to get rid of my own tmp* containers (over a thousand!) by utilizing various proposed solutions, disabling sync, uninstalling all extensions affecting containers, re-syncing Firefox, re-installing, deleting recurring synced tmp* containers, etc. It is time-consuming and frustrating, to say the least. I will surely never again use "Temporary Containers" after this experience, at least until the developers find a way to prevent the temp* containers from syncing and cluttering up the containers list.

[onebod]

Same problem for years now.
Recently found an option to delete containers with less hassle:
about:preferences#containers

Sync just puts them back though.
The ability to wipe the entire thing and start over is imperative for anyone who has used this and Temporary Containers extension.

Another confounding annoyance is using with Cookie Auto-Delete which does not sync also means every site I want to allow cookies must be set manually in every container until I export CA-D to the new machine.
In the meantime the terrible and inconsistent way M-AC works means I'm constantly ignoring or messing around with containers and CA-D options.

The cognitive overhead and gnawing background concern mean I am likely to remove M-AC which is a shame because the basic idea is valuable because it is important and the basic intention is entirely overwhelmed by the ridiculous function of syncing containers that were supposed to be temporary, can easily programmatically be identified as such and have been repeatedly been deleted manually.

[AbdulR3hman]

@onebod this was so helpful thank you; honestly had over 1000 container; was impossible to delete through normal mechanism; this made it a tad better helpful! Just used a mouse clicker 😆