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How do i keep history forever in FF4?

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I would like to be able to set the days that i want to the history to be kept like i was in the previous versions of FF. To be honest, i want the history to last forever. I had to go back to 3.5 because of this reason.

Is there any way to do it? If yes, how. If not, will it be added in new versions?

Sorry for the bad english and thanks in advance.

I would like to be able to set the days that i want to the history to be kept like i was in the previous versions of FF. To be honest, i want the history to last forever. I had to go back to 3.5 because of this reason. Is there any way to do it? If yes, how. If not, will it be added in new versions? Sorry for the bad english and thanks in advance.

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David McRitchie
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In Firefox 4 the choice of number days was removed by setting the preference very high and if you try to change it, it will revert back, so I don't think your problem is on the number of days. See

I don't remember specific changes from 3.5 to 3.6, but if all of your history gets deleted like at the end of a session, or when you use Tools > Clear History, see

cor-el
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In Firefox 4 the limit is a maximum of the number of pages that is kept.
Firefox calculates that maximum value automatically to minimize performance issues.

You can see the current value via the pref places.history.expiration.transient_max_pages on the about:config page.

See: