How to clear browsing history in Firefox for Android Beta

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You are using our older mobile browser, but this article is for Firefox Preview, our newest, fastest browser. Download Firefox Preview here or visit the old Firefox for Android knowledge base.

You can clear your browsing history using the Firefox Preview app at any time.

Clear browsing data manually

  1. Tap the menu button android menu icon
    Menu button - Template:menupreview
  2. Tap Your Library.
  3. Tap History.
  4. Tap the Delete history button to clear all your browsing history.

If you want to delete a specific webpage from your browsing history, tap the three dots to the right of the webpage and tap Delete.

Clear browsing data on exit

This option automatically deletes your browsing history every time you exit Firefox through the Quit option in the menu.

  1. Tap the menu button android menu icon
    Menu button - Template:menupreview
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. Tap Delete browsing data on quit.
  4. Slide the switch for Delete browsing data on quit on.
  5. Choose the types of data you want to delete when you exit (open tabs, browsing history, cookies, cached images and files and site permissions.)
  6. The Quit option will appear in the Firefox Preview menu (three dots).
    quit preview menu