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bookmarks override or delete history

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Lyghtkeepr
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How do I stop this from happening.

I don't want the system to delete my history. Even if I keep it very small, eventually, the bookmark list will show up in history and my history will disappear.

How do I stop the bookmarks from doing this. I manage my history I don't want it deleted at all unless I choose to do it.

Adding pages to it in the about:config DOES NOT help.

How do I stop bookmarks from eating up my history list.

Is there a way to set just "history" back to default without messing up anything else?

Please help.

How do I stop this from happening. I don't want the system to delete my history. Even if I keep it very small, eventually, the bookmark list will show up in history and my history will disappear. How do I stop the bookmarks from doing this. I manage my history I don't want it deleted at all unless I choose to do it. Adding pages to it in the about:config DOES NOT help. How do I stop bookmarks from eating up my history list. Is there a way to set just "history" back to default without messing up anything else? Please help.

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cor-el
cor-el
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I'm not sure what is happening.

What do you mean with "the bookmark list will show up in history and my history will disappear" ?

If you visit a bookmark then this bookmark will show up as visited history, so that is quite normal.

In case you use "Clear history when Firefox closes" or otherwise clear history.

  • do not clear the Browsing History
  • clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exceptions for passwords and other website specific data
  • clearing "Cookies" will remove all cookies including cookies with an allow exception you may want to keep