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Common Workflows

Here are step-by-step guides for things you might want to do with WebLibre. Each one shows you which features to use and how to set them up.

If you do not see container options in the tab or menu UI, turn on Show Container UI in Settings > Browsing first.

Browse Anonymously

You want to research a sensitive topic, visit a site privately, or browse without being tracked.

Setup:

  1. Enable Tor in settings

  2. Create a container called "Anonymous"

  3. Turn on Cookie Isolation for that container

  4. Turn on the Tor proxy option for that container

  5. Enable Resist Fingerprinting

When browsing:

  1. Open tabs in the "Anonymous" container

  2. Don’t log into any personal accounts

  3. Use Request New Identity if you want a fresh Tor circuit

What this achieves:

  • Your internet provider sees Tor use instead of your destination websites

  • Websites see a Tor exit IP instead of your normal IP address

  • Cookies and logins in this container stay separate from your regular browsing

  • Fingerprinting is harder, though not impossible

Tor does not make you anonymous if you sign into personal accounts or otherwise identify yourself. Some sites may be slower or may block Tor traffic.

Separate Work and Personal Life

You use your phone for both work and personal stuff, and want to keep them completely separate.

Setup:

  1. Create two containers: "Work" and "Personal"

  2. Turn on Cookie Isolation for both containers

  3. Edit the Work container and add Assigned Sites for your work tools, such as team chat, code hosting, or shared docs

  4. Use different colors so you can recognize each container quickly

Daily use:

  1. Work tabs open in the Work container automatically

  2. Open personal sites in the Personal container or in regular tabs

  3. Work cookies and logins stay separate from personal ones

Optional enhancements:

  • Turn on Clear Data on Exit for a container if you do not want it to stay signed in after the app restarts

  • Use profiles instead if you want a full split with separate bookmarks, history, feeds, extensions, and settings

Research a Sensitive Topic

You want to research something without it being connected to your identity or regular browsing.

Setup:

  1. Create a container such as "Research" or "Sensitive"

  2. Turn on Cookie Isolation for that container

  3. Turn on the Tor proxy option for that container

  4. Enable Resist Fingerprinting

The workflow:

  1. Open the sites you want to research in that container

  2. Avoid signing in to personal accounts during that session

  3. When you are done, close the tabs in that container

  4. If you want the container to start fresh next time, turn on Clear Data on Exit or use Clear Container Data

Alternative: Isolated tabs

For even more separation, use isolated tabs instead:

  1. Open an isolated tab

  2. Use it for a one-off session you do not plan to keep

  3. Close it when you are done so that isolated session ends

Share a Device with Family

Multiple people use the same phone or tablet, and you want privacy from each other.

Setup:

  1. Create profiles for each person:

    • Your profile

    • Partner’s profile

    • Kid’s profile

  2. For any profile you want to protect, open Manage Profiles and turn on Require Authentication

  3. Choose an Auto-lock Behavior such as Lock After Timeout if you want a grace period

Daily use:

  1. When you hand the phone to someone, they switch to their profile

  2. WebLibre restarts into that selected profile

  3. They only see their own bookmarks, history, tabs, feeds, and saved logins

  4. Your data stays in your protected profile

For kids:

  1. Use a separate profile

  2. Consider stricter tracking protection settings

  3. They do not get access to your logins or browsing data in your own profile

Profile locking depends on your device’s built-in authentication being available and set up.

Shop Without Being Tracked

You want to shop online without advertisers following you around, and without prices being personalized based on your history.

Setup:

  1. Create a "Shopping" container

  2. Turn on Cookie Isolation for that container

  3. Don’t log into accounts unless necessary (guest checkout)

  4. Turn on Clear Data on Exit if you want that container to start fresh after each app restart

The workflow:

  1. Open shopping sites in the Shopping container

  2. Browse and buy

  3. After you’re done:

    • Close those shopping tabs

    • Use Clear Container Data if you want to remove that session immediately

What this achieves:

  • Shopping sites get a separate cookie jar from your regular browsing

  • Ad and login data from other containers does not carry into your shopping session

  • After clearing that container’s data, shopping sites treat it more like a new browser session

Even more privacy:

  1. Use Tor for the Shopping container

  2. This also hides your normal IP address from the shopping site, but may make checkout or fraud checks harder

Read News Without Algorithms

You want to follow news sources without an algorithm deciding what you see.

Setup:

  1. Subscribe to RSS feeds from your preferred sources:

    • News sites (national, local, or specialist sources)

    • Blogs you like

    • Podcasts

  2. Open Feeds from the main menu instead of relying on social feeds

Daily use:

  1. Open Feeds from the main menu

  2. See all new articles, in chronological order

  3. Read what interests you

  4. Search your saved feed articles later if you want to find something again

Benefits:

  • You choose your sources

  • You see everything they publish

  • No social-media ranking deciding what appears first

  • No separate feed-reader account required

Stay Logged In Where It Matters, Private Elsewhere

You want to stay logged into email and banking, but have everything else auto-clear.

Setup:

  1. Create containers for sites you want to stay logged into:

    • "Essentials" container for email, banking, etc.

  2. Turn on Cookie Isolation for those containers so their login state is separate

  3. Enable Incognito Mode

  4. Choose the browser-wide cleanup items you want, such as Browsing history, Cached images and files, or Open tabs

  5. Leave Clear Data on Exit turned off for the "Essentials" container

Daily use:

  1. Email, banking in the Essentials container (you stay logged in)

  2. Everything else in regular tabs or in throwaway containers

  3. After you close and reopen the app, WebLibre clears whatever data types you selected in Incognito Mode

This gives you the convenience of saved logins where it matters, with the privacy of auto-clearing everywhere else.

If you include Cookies and site data in Incognito Mode, regular sites will usually sign you out on restart. Container Clear Data on Exit is separate and only affects that container’s cookies and site data.

Log Into Multiple Accounts on the Same Site

You have two (or more) accounts on a website and want to use them simultaneously.

Option 1: Containers

  1. Create a container for each account (e.g., "Work Email", "Personal Email")

  2. Turn on Cookie Isolation in each container

  3. Open the site in each container

  4. Log into different accounts in each

  5. Each container keeps its own cookies and login state

Option 2: Isolated Tabs

  1. Open an isolated tab

  2. Log into account A

  3. Open another isolated tab

  4. Log into account B

  5. Each tab has its own session

Isolated tabs are faster for one-time use. Containers are better if you do this regularly or want site assignments.

Summary

Goal Key Features

Anonymous browsing

Tor, Resist Fingerprinting, Containers or Isolated Tabs

Work/Personal separation

Containers, Profiles

Sensitive research

Tor-enabled container, Resist Fingerprinting, Isolated Tabs

Family device sharing

Profiles, App Lock

Shopping privacy

Shopping container, Clear Data on Exit

Algorithm-free news

RSS Web Feeds

Selective login persistence

Containers + Incognito Mode

Multiple accounts

Containers or Isolated Tabs