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not saving history, but bookmarks are fine

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remouladesauce
remouladesauce

Since my last update, firefox is not saving any history. My bookmarks are all there and still working.

Since my last update, firefox is not saving any history. My bookmarks are all there and still working.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Are the history settings OK?

  • Make sure that you do not use Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox to clear the Browsing History.
  • Make sure that the History is set to at least 1 day: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: "Remember visited pages for at least"
  • Make sure that you do not start Firefox in Private Browsing mode (Tools > Stop Private Browsing is grayed, see Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history)
  • To see History and Cookie settings in Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history"

You can look at these prefs on the about:config page, open that page via the location bar like a website.

If you still have a problem with the history then check: