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Remove recent browsing, search and download history

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    As you browse the web, Firefox helpfully remembers
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    lots of information for you, like what sites you've been to,
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    whether you're logged in or not and what you searched for.
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    If you're using a public computer or sharing a computer, you might not want people to have access to this information.
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    The clear recent history feature lets you go back
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    and remove some or all of this information.
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    Just click on the Firefox menu, go over to History and select Clear Recent History.
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    Usually, you can just click Clear Now and you are all done.
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    But you can change exactly what items get removed and how far back
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    they get removed. To do that, click the Time range drop-down menu,
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    to change from the last few hours to the whole day to
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    everything. But be careful with that Everything choice. Things like
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    the Awesome bar rely on your browsing history to help you quickly find
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    the sites you want to go to. So, you might not want to clear all of your history.
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    Next, click the arrow next to Details. Here,
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    you can change the specifics items you would like to remove from your history.
Title:
Remove recent browsing, search and download history
Description:

As you browse the web, Firefox helpfully remembers lots of information for you -- sites you've visited, files you've downloaded and more. All of this information is called your history. However, if you are using a public computer or share a computer with someone, you may not want others to be able to see these kinds of things. This video will how you how to delete this info. More - http://support.mozilla.org/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history

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Video Language:
English
Duration:
01:10

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