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How do I delete Folders from Bookmarks?

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History: How can I delete all the bookmarks in the "Older Than 6 mo." without having to select groups of bookmarks?

Bookmarks: Same question

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History: How can I delete all the bookmarks in the "Older Than 6 mo." without having to select groups of bookmarks? Bookmarks: Same question Thanks for your help

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Hi 2TorchL, do you mean on your Mac or on an iOS device (iPhone, iPad)?

For Mac (desktop Firefox), Firefox doesn't normally show bookmarks in date bands, but it does show history -- the list of URLs you visited -- in groups like that.

Let's say you are viewing your history older than 6 months and you want to delete all those visits. Single-click any item in the list on the right side of the Library window. Then, to select all items on that list, you can press Command+A. If you have a lot of items, this will take some time. I have over 100,000 in that date range and it takes 5 seconds. So then you can delete the entire group.

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Hi 2TorchL, do you mean on your Mac or on an iOS device (iPhone, iPad)?

For Mac (desktop Firefox), Firefox doesn't normally show bookmarks in date bands, but it does show history -- the list of URLs you visited -- in groups like that.

Let's say you are viewing your history older than 6 months and you want to delete all those visits. Single-click any item in the list on the right side of the Library window. Then, to select all items on that list, you can press Command+A. If you have a lot of items, this will take some time. I have over 100,000 in that date range and it takes 5 seconds. So then you can delete the entire group.

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Thanks so much! Worked perfectly. Sorry I forgot to say I meant my desktop. Sherry