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Hi .I still have my bookmarks but my history is not there.nor is it saving as i surf the internet.Any ideas ?Private browsing is not ticked

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It seemed to be fine about 2 weeks ago .I havn't had any majpr programme changes .

It seemed to be fine about 2 weeks ago .I havn't had any majpr programme changes .

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  • Make sure that the History is set to at least 1 day: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: "Remember visited pages for at least"
  • Make sure that you do not run Firefox in Private Browsing mode (Tools > Stop Private Browsing is grayed, see Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history)
  • To see History and Cookie settings in Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history"
  • Uncheck: [ ] "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session"

You can look at these prefs on the about:config page to make sure that you keep history.

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

  • Use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a preference more easily.
  • Preferences that have been modified show as bold(user set).
  • Preferences can be reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.