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clearing history of some sites doesn't reset the "visited" color code, where else is the visit flagged?

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derog1
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when looking at page (particularly one from local disk) some links are highlighted as "visited" some are not. Most of the time, when I delete site's visits from the history, clear the cache - and do a forced reload of the page - the visit flags for that site are cleared (normal color again). Some links don't behave that way, as though they are flagged somewhere besides the history file. How do I get them to reset (without deleting my ~entire~ history file.)

when looking at page (particularly one from local disk) some links are highlighted as "visited" some are not. Most of the time, when I delete site's visits from the history, clear the cache - and do a forced reload of the page - the visit flags for that site are cleared (normal color again). Some links don't behave that way, as though they are flagged somewhere besides the history file. How do I get them to reset (without deleting my ~entire~ history file.)

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user633449
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If you visit a site, the links you click are marked visited based on the site the link points you to. For example, if you click a link on A.com that points to a.com, then clearing a.com from your history removes the visited links. But if you click a link on a.com that goes to b.com, then you have to clear b.com from your history to remove the visited indicator from a.com (or any site that links to b.com)