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How can I ensure Firefox history is completely deleted after exiting?

I have set the option to clear my browsing history when I exit Firefox, but it does not clear completely. When I re-open Firefox, my History panel is clear but the address bar auto-completes websites ...
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Firefox says “server not found” because it's adding WWW. How do I stop this?

This is very frustrating. I have been accessing servername.local on Firefox. That's its URL. No www. At some time, servername.local ceased to be available and I got an error message: "Server not ...
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Firefox does not show all history when viewed chronologically?

I was browsing through my Firefox search history to try and find a site I visited in the past. I found it by searching. However, I was more interested in finding out what I searched to find it, ...
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How to access history in Seamonkey?

Seamonkey is so close to Firefox, but I cannot access history like in Firefox. Is this feature accessible in Seamonkey?
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Clear Firefox history on exit except open pages

I would like to clear the entire Firefox history on exit, except for currently open windows, tab groups, tabs, pages so that they can be opened the next time Firefox starts, by the click of a single ...
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Why does Firefox fetch the page when I hit the back button?

Isn't Firefox supposed to display a cached version of the page when I use the back button? Is there something I can to do prevent Firefox from doing this ? I understand it makes less sense nowadays ...
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How does Google Chrome know my Firefox history if I never imported it?

I have Firefox and Google Chrome installed in the same machine (Linux). It happens when I type something in Chrome Omnibox it suggests pages I have already visited in Firefox. I have never connected ...
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Track deleted internet history

I have got a copy of the jumpListCache folder of firefox, which contains the favicon.ico files of deleted history. Is there a way to find the url of the site to which the each favicon belongs? Thanks ...
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Prevent certain URLs and anything referring from them from going to the Firefox history [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Prevent urls from specific domains from being saved in firefox’s history Without using PornPrivate Browsing Mode, is there a way to prevent Firefox from saving URLs ...
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Firefox completes the address bar with content absent from my history

I have set Firefox to complete the address bar with elements from the history only ( other options are: nothing, bookmarks, and a history+bookmarks). However, Firefox still continues to complete the ...
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How to access firefox history remotely

I want to monitor the Firefox history of a PC from another remotely. Is there any add on or something else which exports and uploads / syncs Firefox history to an FTP server so that I can access it ...
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Cannot clear URL history in Firefox 13 for OS X

I use Firefox 13 in OS X. I can not clear my URL history after doing the following: Running Click & Clean add-on for Firefox Tools » Clear Recent History OnyX for OS X, cleaning all Internet ...
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Firefox history viewer won't show pages without a name?

The history viewer won't show pages which don't have a name, but the address bar is showing them (it just shows the url) I need to delete them though, how can I do it?
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Is it possible to sort history by favicon in Firefox?

In Firefox 15.0.1 (for Windows desktop), is it possible to sort history by favicon?
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Firefox v15.0 about:newtab inaccessible via the back button

As of this morning I upgraded my Firefox to version 15.0. Or well, it did it for me. That's when my issue began. I've configured Firefox so that when I open up a new tab via Ctrl-T that it loads the ...
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Firefox: Any way to specify white or black lists for the history tracker?

I use Firefox very intensively, and from time to time I clear the browser history. But unfortunately the history is being filled very fast and it always keeps the history I'm not interested in: Some ...
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Firefox Sync repeatedly puts NSFW links on my work computer >:(

Firefox Sync continues to sync bookmarks and history from home computer to work computer even though I told it not to. In Firefox Sync options, I de-select "Bookmarks" and "History": I clear out ...
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Weird porn searches showing up in history (NSFW)

A few months ago I went to do a search from the Firefox search page (the default home page) on my computer and one of the previously run searches in the dropdown was for "pee porn." At the time it was ...
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Firefox history is only going back a month?

My firefox history is only showing just over a months worth of history. I actually have history before that because if I type into the address bar it will bring up things I have searched for months ...
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Faster two way Boomark/History Sync for Firefox?

I need a fast automatic two-way bookmark & history sync. Firefox sync seems too slow because I might bookmark/visit a URL then within a few mins put desktop to sleep and leave the house; if it ...
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1answer
878 views

Is there a way to delete history in Firefox 11 over a certain age? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I delete everything in my Firefox history older than N days? Say I want to delete browsing history over a month old in Firefox, is there a way to do that without ...
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How do I locate the offline file data in firefox

I used to locate the file data by going to cache directory, which I would locate by typing about:cache in the firefox address bar. I can still navigate to this page but the file structure inside his ...
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How do I make Firefox 7 remember my history shorter/longer?

I want to setup Firefox 7 to store my history for longer or shorter (setting period of time, just like in Options), but I can't seem to find an option to do that in dialog; all I can see is "Remember ...
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How to go back multiple times in Firefox/Chrome without actually loading the previous site?

Let's say I visited pages A,B,C and D. Is there any way to go back from D to say A without actually loading B and C and not using history menu? This is a problem in cases when one site automatically ...
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Firefox middle click to open history menu item in new tab

I recently upgraded to Firefox 7. Occasionally I use middle-click a the History menu item to open it in a new tab, but it opened in the current tab instead. Unfortunately I don't remember which ...
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Is there a way to exclude specific sites from remembering form history?

I'd like to keep form history turned on but exclude certain sites and haven't found a way.
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Firefox URL Suggestion filtering

As the web browsing addict that I am I visit quite a few different websites during a day. This leaves my Firefox history filled with websites and their associated pages. Example of history: ...
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Firefox browsing history: strange setting behaviour

I noticed that the location bar in Firefox (3.6) became less responsive the last weeks. I figured it was due to a too large history list, so I decided to make it shorter. In the privacy options of ...
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Limiting Firefox 4 history [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to Set Firefox 4 to only store History for 1 Day? I know that it is no longer possible to limit FF4's browser history by date. The recommended solution is to change ...
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Firefox doesn't always start up and “forgets” history

I have a few issues with Firefox. Most of the time when I start Firefox, it doesn't do anything, the process does not show up either. Only when I open it for a second or third time, it actually ...
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Remove drop-down menu for reload button in Firefox 4 and add drop-down menu for back button

The new drop-down menu added to the reload button in Firefox 4 which shows custom page reload times is useless. I would like to remove it, and just have the plain reload/stop button combo. The old ...
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How to search page content in firefox history (like is possible in Google Chrome)? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to search the text of my browsing history in Firefox? In Google Chrome it is possible to search the content of the pages in your search history (I suppose ...
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Prevent Firefox Search Bar from Showing Last Entered Search

Is there any way to make the search bar become cleared again whenever you search for something? (Note: This is about the search bar -- I do NOT want to clear my entire history just to get rid of ...
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How to get browsing history report date-wise in Firefox?

How to get browsing history report date-wise in Firefox? by default it shows monthly, weekly and last day. I need to know for each day.
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Firefox go to very first page in history stack

I'm looking for a feature / shortcut / add-on that makes the current Tab go back to its top at the very first page that was loaded on that tab (usually google.com on my FF). Reason: Clean the tab ...
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How do I get a similar awesome bar (from Firefox) in Chrome?

Before switching to Chrome, I always used Firefox, and I always really liked how you could type into the address bar and it would search (a fuzzy search!) for pages that were in the history that ...
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Is there any some way to automatically synchronize firefox and chrome browsing history?

The title states the problem quite well: Is there any some way to automatically synchronize firefox's with chrome's browsing history (and viceversa) ? Something like XMarks, but working with the ...
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How to Set Firefox 4 to only store History for a set period of time, i.e. one day?

I want to setup Firefox 4 to only store my history for 1 day (or some other set period of time), but I can't seem to find an option to do that in the options dialog, all I can see is "Remember ...
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Is there a way to save a tab-set in Firefox?

I know how and have set Firefox to remember and reopen the tabs that were last set, but sometimes I have another window open and if it gets closed last, then I lose my first tab-set. Is there some ...
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Why did FireFox stop remembering my history?

In the configuration it is still set to remember my history. When i type in autocomplete it remembers the sites i visit yesterday. However everything iam doing right now isnt showing up in ...
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“Clear recent history” greyed out in Ubuntu Firefox

I'm using Firefox 3.5.9 in Ubuntu 9.10. The "Clear recent history" menu item on the Tools menu is greyed out. I tried launching Firefox using sudo from the command line, but no luck. What gives?
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How can I make Firefox remember my session while still clearing the browsing history on close?

I am aware, thanks to a thread [1], that Firefox doesn't save sessions when browsing history is cleared at close, as effectively the open tabs are themselves cleared from the history before the ...
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How do I export the Browsing History in Firefox?

I lost a load of open tabs in Firefox that I want to recover. The details are in the browsing history but it is not the most friendly area of Firefox to wade through. The Export option there actually ...
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How to remove large number of entries from url history in Firefox?

I want to remove large number of urls from my page history - they all match simple regexp, but there is a lot of them - doing this by "delete" in suggestion box is not an option. And when I bring ...
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Prevent URLs from specific domains from being saved in Firefox history

I want to prevent or block URLs of specific domains from being saved or shown in my history. I want to be able to go to these certain websites normally, just not have them saved and not have to use ...
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firefox: don't save error pages in history

Can I configure Firefox so that error pages are not kept in the history? If I enter once a mistaken URL, say superusre.com, it is kept in my history. Every time I start typing supe... it is suggested ...
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How do I disable my mouse's “back” button for a single Firefox tab?

Sometimes, accidentally hitting my back button can be a huge pain. For instance, on Mibbit.com, if I hit that button I will have to re-logon to IRC. Probably the easiest choice would be a Firefox ...