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How Can I Revert the "Clear Browsing Data"/"Clear Recent History" Dialogue?

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kalutoganiq
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There used to be a much more useful interface for clearing specific browsing data (the landscape-oriented one). The new interface is far less detailed to the point of strictly limiting its functionality. There used to be a config setting ("privacy.sanitize.useOldClearHistoryDialog") that could toggle which interface to use, but as of an update in the last week (I've been away without a computer for a while), that toggle does nothing. Is there any other setting that can make this feature actually useful again?

There used to be a much more useful interface for clearing specific browsing data (the landscape-oriented one). The new interface is far less detailed to the point of strictly limiting its functionality. There used to be a config setting ("privacy.sanitize.useOldClearHistoryDialog") that could toggle which interface to use, but as of an update in the last week (I've been away without a computer for a while), that toggle does nothing. Is there any other setting that can make this feature actually useful again?
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kalutoganiq, looks as though they have fully removed the old clear history interface? See Comment 6 here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1856418#c6

If so, then this might mean that using Firefox ESR is the only supported way to continue using the original dialogue box? (for a while at least)

Or perhaps there are clear history add-ons with similar functionality? For example, I found this one that offers more categories: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/clear-browsing-data/

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