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Firefox deletes history older than one month

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ajross
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For about a month now, Firefox has been deleting any history older than about a month (eg today the oldest history I can see is from the 24th of December). Previously, the limit had been one year, which I didn't particularly like either, but was sort of ok. I didn't, as far as I can tell, do anything to change this,

For about a month now, Firefox has been deleting any history older than about a month (eg today the oldest history I can see is from the 24th of December). Previously, the limit had been one year, which I didn't particularly like either, but was sort of ok. I didn't, as far as I can tell, do anything to change this,

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Separate Issue; Your System Details shows;

Installed Plug-ins

Shockwave Flash 18.0 r0 Shockwave Flash 20.0 r0
Having more than one version of a program may cause issues. You must remove the older programs. Then get the current full installer.

Flash: Grab the uninstaller from here: Uninstall Flash Player | Windows Uninstall Flash Player | Mac

Then reinstall the latest version.

Flash Player Version 20.0.0.286
https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html Note: Windows users should download the ‘’’active_x’’’ for “Internet Explorer,” and the ‘’’plugin’’’ for “Plugin-based browsers” (like Firefox).

Note: Windows 8 and Windows 10 have built in flash players and Adobe will cause a conflict. Install the ’’’plugin’’’ only. Not the ’’’active_x’’’.

Adobe still offers Flash 18.0.0.326 as its extended support release further down

FredMcD
FredMcD
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History and cookies can be removed or not recorded several ways;

  • 1) Running Firefox in Private Mode (nothing is recorded)
  • 2) Privacy settings
    (Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.)
  • 3) Many disk cleaners and anti-virus type programs can remove data from browsers. Open their settings and have them leave the browsers alone.
  • 4) Mal-ware.