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Comment from Christian on 2009-09-13

2009-09-14T05:00:49Z

Thank you, Leo! Yours is the ONLY site that I found that clearly communicated the answer!

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Comment from controlhistory on 2009-08-19

2009-08-19T11:29:47Z

Hi,
My company has created a product that could solve this problem. Our software, ControlHistory allows you to selectively or completely delete your history. You can download it from www.controlhistory.com. It supports
IE (ver. 6+)
Firefox (ver. 3+)
Chrome (ver. 1+)
Google Desktop Search
Many programs like MS Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc. that save their history in the Registry.

You can use the software for free to view your history but to be able to delete it you need a license. The cost of a license is USD 0.99 (99 cents).

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Comment from Lou on 2009-08-05

2009-08-05T15:57:00Z

On the newest version of Firefox there's a separate option called 'remember what I've searched for' that's also under the preferences-privacy option. Worked like a charm. Thanks Leo!

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Comment from SMP on 2009-05-25

2009-05-26T04:48:02Z

STEVE: Okay, sorry, I did it and it worked, however, everything came right back again. AAARRGHHHH!!! Why is Firefox being so difficult about this? :(

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Comment from SMP on 2009-05-25

2009-05-26T04:44:31Z

STEVE - You're awesome! Such a simple technique to delete the address history and it makes me love Firefox even more! Thank you so much because nothing else works in the new version of Firefox.

LEO: Thank you so much for posting this article. Great information (although not so simple in the new version of Firefox) and great way to learn from others with the same issues.

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Comment from Dan on 2009-04-21

2009-04-21T15:12:45Z

Freda,
WOW! Thank you so much for the URL for Firefox add-ons. I have tried everything to clear my search history, but this is the only one that worked. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Comment from freda on 2009-03-27

2009-03-27T13:04:33Z

Here is the URL for the add on

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7429

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Comment from Freda on 2009-03-27

2009-03-27T13:02:20Z

download hide unvisited from firefox...it will clear the drop down box

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Comment from Steve on 2009-03-03

2009-03-04T05:10:07Z

In Firefox, if you want to delete an individual entry from the History,url just highlight it (either in the History sidebar or in the address bar drop-down) and press Shift+Delete. Gone

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Comment from Bobby the K on 2009-01-08

2009-01-08T23:21:33Z

Thank You So Much Paul

I could not figure out at all how to clear the address bar in FireFox 3. It was driving me nuts!

Amazing how outdated information can get and/or why can't we get relavent information up sooner?

Thanks Again!

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Comment from scott on 2009-01-06

2009-01-06T19:31:45Z

This about:config option doesn't really work either. True it suppresses the presentation of the information, but that information is still there. Anyone wanting to view those, need only pull the about:config back up and re-enter in 12. This is really poor of Mozilla not to have this fixed yet.

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Comment from Lavinia on 2008-12-21

2008-12-21T16:41:07Z

Do you have a photo of what a hardrive looks like? I am getting rid of my puter and I want to remove it. Also, how do I get rid of firefox mozilla? I am not usin it and is taking space. Many thanks,

The Wikipedia article on hard drives has some photos.

Firefox uninstalls like any other application: go to control panel, add/remove programs, and look for FireFox in the list.

- Leo
22-Dec-2008

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Comment from Brad on 2008-12-12

2008-12-12T08:25:40Z

Thanks Paul, you were the only one here who knew what to do, as the options tools just do not work, thanks a million, this was doing my head in. :-)

Its true. Clearing private data in Firefox 3 won't clear the history in the URL bar. To do this, do the following:

If you don't want RichResults
keep track of where you went, in Firefox you need to enter
about:config
and then scroll down to:
browser.urlbar.maxRichResults
and change the default. The default setting is 12 and if you want nothing, you enter 0.
Posted by: Paul at September 20, 2008 3:14 PM

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Comment from MrGroove on 2008-10-04

2008-10-04T08:13:38Z

Article is a bit long in the tooth :) One of my users recently asked me the same question for Firefox 3 so I wrote up the How-To here: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/firefox/clear-firefox-browsing-history-and-private-data/

Hope it helps ppl.

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Comment from Paul on 2008-09-20

2008-09-20T22:14:56Z

Its true. Clearing private data in Firefox 3 won't clear the history in the URL bar. To do this, do the following:

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Comment from steven on 2008-07-11

2008-07-11T12:35:30Z

to erase search history you have to click "saved form and search history

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Comment from Amir Nathoo on 2008-02-22

2008-02-22T16:18:20Z

I wanted to draw your attention to WebMynd - a Firefox extension that records a visual history so that you can find stuff again.

We've included a privacy feature which automatically clears private data for you if you want to go into stealth mode. This is actually better than clearing private data yourself, since it only removes the information for the time you are in stealth mode - so you don't lose all your browser history and cookies for other times.

Would love your view on whether this is useful.

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Comment from kmc on 2008-01-19

2008-01-19T14:38:42Z

I just wanted to add that one does not need to delete the entire search history in Google. If there are only certain items that you want to delete, but others you'd like to keep:

Go to google search box, start to type in the word or phrase (do this both in Firefox and at Google.com)

Once a few letters have been typed, the drop down list from prior searches will appear.

Move your mouse over the item on the drop down list you want to Delete (DO NOT CLICK on the word or phrase, just hover mouse over to highlight it)

While word or phrase is highlighted, hit "Delete" button on keyboard.

That will remove the search word/phrase from the drop down menu, but leave remaining search history intact.

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Comment from Rossco on 2007-08-14

2007-08-14T13:03:02Z

in newer versions of firefox, you can clear the search bar i.e google/yahoo etc by right clicking on the search bar itself and choosing clear search history.

The clear private data option doesn't clear this search bars history.

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-03-12

2007-03-12T22:48:47Z

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Comment from Hans Amstel on 2007-03-12

2007-03-12T18:51:07Z

In what folder is FireFox private data kept? Temporary Internet Files is in ie so there must be an equivalent folder in FireFox but i can't find it!
Cheers and Beers

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Comment from Bob on 2007-01-30

2007-01-30T20:05:53Z

I am using Netscape browser version 8.0.3.4 (based on the FireFox Engine) and am unable to erase all previous searches in engines Google, Alta Vista, etc. I have followed all of your instructions from previous reader's questions on this topic to no avail. I can clear I.E. per your suggestions, just not the Netscape browser searches. Any other suggestions would be appreciated?

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Comment from Mary on 2006-11-08

2006-11-09T00:45:04Z

Mr Ullman - That's why I specifically said, "...so one click would take you to the... dialog box", which is where people would decide what they wanted to remove. They'd see exactly what was scheduled to be removed and make changes accordingly. Seems that would be safer than clicking on Clear Private Data by mistake and not remembering (or knowing) what was selected for deletion.

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Comment from Daniel Ullman on 2006-11-08

2006-11-08T21:51:29Z

"How hard would it be to have a "clear private data" icon on the toolbar so one click would take you to the clear private data dialog box?"

Mainly because you would have lot more complaints from people who did not want to remove all their personal history but just some. By making the job a something you have to explictly do you can at least make sure that it wasn't a matter of "I thought I was removing history but I need those cookies back."

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Comment from Mary on 2006-11-07

2006-11-08T03:33:33Z

Why do all these different browsers have to make it so difficult? How hard would it be to have a "clear private data" icon on the toolbar so one click would take you to the clear private data dialog box? Instead, the programmers make you jump through hoops, to try to find some obscure tutorial, that usually doesn't tell you what you need, to do something as necessary as clearing search history. Are they just a bunch of sadistic people who deliberately wreak as much havoc as humanly possible on us mortals?

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