How to Remove Firefox Browsing History

Whether you're an occasional Firefox user or a habitual Firefox user, your browsing history builds up very quickly and can cause minor sluggishness within the browser if you do not clear it from time to time. You may also want to clear your Firefox history to prevent anyone else from accessing the websites you visited. Firefox versions 2, 3 and 3.5 make it simple and quick to delete any history you want to delete.

Instructions

Firefox 2 and 3

1. Open Firefox. Click "Tools," and select "Options."

2. Click the "Privacy" icon.

3. Click "Clear Browsing History Now" for Firefox version 2 or "Clear now" for Firefox version 3. Your Firefox browser may freeze for a few seconds as it clears the history. Click "OK" once it unfreezes.

Firefox 3.5

1. Open Firefox. Click the "Tools" menu, and click "Clear Recent History." A box will appear.

2. Click the down arrow next to "Time range to clear." Select to clear the history from the last hour, two hours, four hours, 24 hours or all of the browsing history. Click the "Details" button to select which parts of your browsing history to clear, such as the cache, search history, cookies, download history or active logins.

3. Click "Clear now." Firefox may freeze for a few seconds. The "Clear Recent History" box will disappear once the history is cleared.

References

• Help With PCs: Clearing the History in Firefox