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Firefox is NOT! saving the history. Want to DISABLE "delete/clear history"

billsktt
billsktt
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Firefox is NOT! saving the history. Want to DISABLE "delete/clear history" When it does save it, it does NOT save it for longer than 7 days. All settings are correct for saving 999days.

Firefox is NOT! saving the history. Want to DISABLE "delete/clear history" When it does save it, it does NOT save it for longer than 7 days. All settings are correct for saving 999days.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi billsktt, Firefox does not delete old history based on days, it is based on storage size. Usually Firefox will retain a lot (often more than a year), but that number may be reduced based on disk space for some users.

If your history is disappearing quickly, that might be because an add-on or clean-up program is removing the data. Do you notice a pattern to when it is deleted?