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How do I remove the History Sideframe?

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Kestral
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Hi, just a problem getting rid of the History/Search side frame so that I can see the full width of web pages.

It also becomes a secondary web page, but of course only half of it. any ideas?

Thank you. SR.

Hi, just a problem getting rid of the History/Search side frame so that I can see the full width of web pages. It also becomes a secondary web page, but of course only half of it. any ideas? Thank you. SR.

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Do you mean that the history sidebar stays open and you can't close it with the close X?

Can you close this sidebar with the Ctrl+H keyboard shortcut?

Try to rename (or delete) the xulstore.json file in the Firefox profile folder.

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:

Can you attach a screenshot if the above didn't help?

  • Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot
  • Make sure that you do not exceed the maximum size of 1 MB
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cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Do you mean that the history sidebar stays open and you can't close it with the close X?

Can you close this sidebar with the Ctrl+H keyboard shortcut?

Try to rename (or delete) the xulstore.json file in the Firefox profile folder.

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:

Can you attach a screenshot if the above didn't help?

  • Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot
  • Make sure that you do not exceed the maximum size of 1 MB