I have private browsing enabled. it's not working, and I can't clear it.
The History menu still shows all my recent history. I have private browsing enabled. AND...there is no 'clear history' button on the History menu, so I can't clear it. How do I fix both of these?
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by John99Private Browsing does not add to your History, but it does not clear the History.
You may in the History/Bookmarks library delete history entries either single entries, multiple or whole folders. There are also menu options to clear History etc. See
- Private Browsing - Browse the web without saving information about the sites you visit
- This shows several options: Remove recent browsing, search and download history
- In addition individual History items may be displayed and deleted in a similar manner to bookmarks How do I delete a bookmark?_deleting-more-than-one-bookmark-or-folder
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- Google Update
- Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502
- Next Generation Java Plug-in 10.13.2 for Mozilla browsers
- NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.01
- iTunes Detector Plug-in
- 5.1.10411.0
- The plug-in allows you to open and edit files using Microsoft Office applications
- Office Authorization plug-in for NPAPI browsers
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Private Browsing does not add to your History, but it does not clear the History.
You may in the History/Bookmarks library delete history entries either single entries, multiple or whole folders. There are also menu options to clear History etc. See
- Private Browsing - Browse the web without saving information about the sites you visit
- This shows several options: Remove recent browsing, search and download history
- In addition individual History items may be displayed and deleted in a similar manner to bookmarks How do I delete a bookmark?_deleting-more-than-one-bookmark-or-folder
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