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MY history does not clear when i select clear history +clear is on"everything" ?

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AnonymousUser
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clearing history does not work anymore, I select the option to clear everything. In order to clear history I have to go under show all history and delete each individual item

clearing history does not work anymore, I select the option to clear everything. In order to clear history I have to go under show all history and delete each individual item

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Chris Ilias
Chris Ilias
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Make sure you have the time range set to "Everything"

cor-el
cor-el
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Also make sure that Browsing History is selected in the Details in Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox.

AnonymousUser
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even if websites are not bookmarks the 'clear history' function does not stop the browser bar from autocompleting websites I have been to.

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Clear recent history seems to have no effect regardless of which options I check

Chris Ilias
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john, are you still experiencing the problem?

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I have the latest version. I have History only selected. When I manually select Clear Recent History, it deletes some items but not everything. I just performed Clear Recent History and 8 sites are still showing up. None of them are in my Bookmarks and most of them I haven't visited in weeks. It is a real pain finding the sites that I would like to select when all this garbage fills up the list.