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My history is missing

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Peaches
Peaches
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When I open 'Show all history' the library is blank, even though in the Tools, Options, Privacy tab says 'Firefox will remember history'.

When I open 'Show all history' the library is blank, even though in the Tools, Options, Privacy tab says 'Firefox will remember history'.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Do you see History in the History sidebar (Ctrl+H) ?

  • Make sure that you not run Firefox in Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode
  • In Private Browsing mode some menu items are disabled (grayed) and features like visited links are disabled and not showing
  • You are in Private Browsing mode if you see "Tools > Stop Private Browsing", possibly grayed

See Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Issues_related_to_Private_Browsing

urlnts
urlnts
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I have the same problem but never ran in Private Browsing mode!