Clear your browsing history and other personal data on Firefox for Android

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Firefox for Android offers you control over your personal data, such as browsing history, passwords and more. You can conveniently save this data to your browser and delete it any time you want to:

This article applies to the latest version of Firefox for Android. Please update your version first to enjoy these features.
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Clear your entire browsing history

  1. Go to the History panel on your home screen.
  2. Tap on Clear browsing history at the bottom of the History panel.
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  3. Tap OK to confirm.

Clear specific items from your browser

  1. Tap the menu button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) and select Settings (you may need to tap More first) .
  2. Tap Privacy and choose Clear private data.
  3. Put a check mark next to the items you want to clear and then tap Clear data
    Clear private data
  1. Tap the Menu button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) and select Settings (you may need to tap More first) .
  2. Scroll down to the Privacy & Security section and choose Clear private data.
  3. Select the items you want to clear and then tap Clear data
    Clear private data

Delete data on exit

This option automatically deletes your data every time you quit Firefox:

  1. Tap the menu button (either at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) and select Settings (you may need to tap More first) .
  2. Tap Privacy and put a check mark next to Always clear when quitting.
  3. In the pop-up window, select the types of information that you'd like to delete each time you quit Firefox, then tap Set.

Firefox will delete your information each time you close it through the Quit option on the menu.