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In History menu there is Clear recent History option. How old is this option, how i can remove it or set it, is there hotkey for that.

This option just appear in my browser, not sure if I have pressed some keys or it is new feature?

This option just appear in my browser, not sure if I have pressed some keys or it is new feature?

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Hi matejko

The Clear recent History option is an inbuilt feature of Firefox. Its help to Users to clear their recent browsing and downloading History.

The Hot Key for Clear Recent History is CTRL+SHIFT+Delete.

You can see Your History while using the CTRL+H hot key

For more Details see

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history

Hope this will helpful to You.

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Hi matejko

The Clear recent History option is an inbuilt feature of Firefox. Its help to Users to clear their recent browsing and downloading History.

The Hot Key for Clear Recent History is CTRL+SHIFT+Delete.

You can see Your History while using the CTRL+H hot key

For more Details see

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history

Hope this will helpful to You.

Modified by Jafar Muhammed

Hi thanks for reply.

whether the name was changed to "Clear Recent History" in last few days or?

No. It wasn't changed the last update. It was already as Clear Recent History itself, since long back.

Have You been facing any issue, or still any doubts, please let us know.

Modified by Jafar Muhammed