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Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history

19 points by haitran 12y ago

caseysoftware 12y ago
In the location bar, arrow down to the entries you want and then hit delete (or shift delete?) and it should clear them.
- chris_wot 12y ago
  Kind of not the point though.
- haitran 12y ago
  It was strange that the suggested address was not in the dropdown list, so I could not delete it.
holygoat 12y ago
Can you reproduce on a clean profile? Did you file a bug?
- haitran 12y ago
  Using a new clean profile does prevent that strange behavior of Firefox, but I'm still curious about the reason
  - holygoat 12y ago
    You probably have a corrupt places.db.
mrits 12y ago
If you have nothing to hide it doesn't matter.
- jjkmk 12y ago
  To clear space H.D.D space? Who are you to say the feature doesn't matter?
- frozenport 12y ago
  I google stuff my co-workers find funny but my boss doesn't.
- philtar 12y ago
  He's trying to hide his surprise gift to his wife. Or something.
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
jtokoph 12y ago
Doesn't the star next to each entry mean it is in your bookmarks somewhere?
- scott_karana 12y ago
  Yes, but it's the "linkedin.com" autocomplete he's referring to, since it doesn't show up in any bookmarks (or nonexistent history) Admittedly it wasn't a very clear article, and probably took longer to write than the bug request would have taken to submit. :/
  - pchan22 12y ago
    Everything screenshot I saw seems to have stars next to it (even the linkedin one he posted). These starred bookmarks need to be cleared by going to Bookmarks, Show all Bookmarks, then heading to the starred bookmark section and wiping them out from there.
haitran 12y ago
I'm sorry if anyone cannot access my blog. My host runs out of resource. I will post some screenshots here
- haitran 12y ago
  Here are the screenshots https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mbb06f6ru4ovo/Firefox https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mbb06f6ru4ovo/Firefox I tried every possible way that I could think of: - Clean up history - Clear cache - Disable addons - Enter private mode - Disconnect Firefox account - I also tried turning off cookies As you can see, Firefox still suggests a website that is not in my Bookmarks (I don't have reddit.com or any of its child page in my bookmarks). I also want to note that not only the address bar, but also the fields (username & password) of some sites that I bookmarked are still stored after I cleaned up everything. p/s: I haven't tried creating a new profile. Let's see.
  - kngspook 12y ago
    Search suggestions?
    - haitran 12y ago
      It was turned off too

19 points by haitran 12y ago

In the location bar, arrow down to the entries you want and then hit delete (or shift delete?) and it should clear them.

chris_wot 12y ago
Kind of not the point though.
haitran 12y ago
It was strange that the suggested address was not in the dropdown list, so I could not delete it.

holygoat 12y ago

Can you reproduce on a clean profile? Did you file a bug?

haitran 12y ago
Using a new clean profile does prevent that strange behavior of Firefox, but I'm still curious about the reason
- holygoat 12y ago
  You probably have a corrupt places.db.

mrits 12y ago

If you have nothing to hide it doesn't matter.

jjkmk 12y ago
To clear space H.D.D space? Who are you to say the feature doesn't matter?
frozenport 12y ago
I google stuff my co-workers find funny but my boss doesn't.
philtar 12y ago
He's trying to hide his surprise gift to his wife. Or something.
deleted 12y ago
[deleted]

jtokoph 12y ago

Doesn't the star next to each entry mean it is in your bookmarks somewhere?

scott_karana 12y ago
Yes, but it's the "linkedin.com" autocomplete he's referring to, since it doesn't show up in any bookmarks (or nonexistent history) Admittedly it wasn't a very clear article, and probably took longer to write than the bug request would have taken to submit. :/
- pchan22 12y ago
  Everything screenshot I saw seems to have stars next to it (even the linkedin one he posted). These starred bookmarks need to be cleared by going to Bookmarks, Show all Bookmarks, then heading to the starred bookmark section and wiping them out from there.

haitran 12y ago

I'm sorry if anyone cannot access my blog. My host runs out of resource. I will post some screenshots here

haitran 12y ago
Here are the screenshots https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mbb06f6ru4ovo/Firefox https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mbb06f6ru4ovo/Firefox I tried every possible way that I could think of: - Clean up history - Clear cache - Disable addons - Enter private mode - Disconnect Firefox account - I also tried turning off cookies As you can see, Firefox still suggests a website that is not in my Bookmarks (I don't have reddit.com or any of its child page in my bookmarks). I also want to note that not only the address bar, but also the fields (username & password) of some sites that I bookmarked are still stored after I cleaned up everything. p/s: I haven't tried creating a new profile. Let's see.
- kngspook 12y ago
  Search suggestions?
  - haitran 12y ago
    It was turned off too