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How do I close the history window that is permanently displayed? This only recently happened..

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How do I eliminate the History window that is permanently open and located to the left of any window that I open? This only occurred recently and I can't close it. Thank you.

How do I eliminate the History window that is permanently open and located to the left of any window that I open? This only occurred recently and I can't close it. Thank you.

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You can do one of the following:

  • click the small "x" to the right of the word "History" at the top of the History Sidebar
  • CTRL+H opens or closes the History Sidebar


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Thank you. I couldn't see the x.

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I have the same problem but I can close it but when I open a new Mozilla Firefox window the History sidebar is back, So I want to stop it from happening when I open a new window

Modified by aussie18