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I keep deleting my history and it won't delete, doesn't show my recent history, notor deleting bookmarking pages?

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I keep downloading fresh copies and still not working?

I keep downloading fresh copies and still not working?

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Websites remembering you and automatically log you in is stored in a cookie. So, you will have to remove those cookies to make the website forget you.

If clearing cookies doesn't work then it is possible that the cookies.sqlite file that stores the cookies is corrupted.

Rename (or delete) cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and delete other present cookie files like cookies.sqlite-journal in the Firefox profile folder in case the file cookies.sqlite got corrupted.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Cookies
   https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Deleting+cookies 

Problems with bookmarks and history not working properly can be caused by a corrupted places.sqlite database file.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
   https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
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Hello,

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:

  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu, choose History, and then Clear Recent History....
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

Further information can be found in the Clear your cache, history and other personal information in Firefox article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

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Thank you for responding. I tried and did that many times but still nothing is working. Thanks !!

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Websites remembering you and automatically log you in is stored in a cookie. So, you will have to remove those cookies to make the website forget you.

If clearing cookies doesn't work then it is possible that the cookies.sqlite file that stores the cookies is corrupted.

Rename (or delete) cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and delete other present cookie files like cookies.sqlite-journal in the Firefox profile folder in case the file cookies.sqlite got corrupted.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Cookies
   https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Deleting+cookies 

Problems with bookmarks and history not working properly can be caused by a corrupted places.sqlite database file.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.

   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
   https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
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Thank you soooooo much I guess that was it :)