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How to get to current history

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When I click on history, all I get is history over 6 months. I want to check a website about 3 or 4 weeks old

When I click on history, all I get is history over 6 months. I want to check a website about 3 or 4 weeks old

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To open the History Manager, press the Alt or F10 key bring up the tool bar, and select History. Hot key is <Control>(Mac=<Command>) <Shift> H.

History and cookies can be removed or not recorded several ways;

  • 1) Running Firefox in Private Mode (nothing is recorded)
  • 2) Privacy settings; (Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.)
  • 3) Many disk cleaners and anti-virus type programs can remove data from browsers. Open their settings and have them leave the browsers alone.
  • 4) Mal-ware.