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how to delete browsing history

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I just need to know how to delete browsing history. Thank you

I just need to know how to delete browsing history. Thank you

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Hi, do you want to delete particular sites, or ranges of dates, or everything? You can find some info in the following article as a starting point, but let us know whether that covers it or you have additional questions.

Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox

Note: Please be careful in the dialogs that have a lot of checkboxes if you do not want to remove cookies (which would log you out of sites you might currently be using).

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In case you use "Clear history when Firefox closes" or otherwise clear history:

  • clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exceptions for passwords and other website specific data
  • clearing "Cookies" will remove all selected cookies including cookies with an allow exception you may want to keep