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History is not being saved Only shows up to May 2019.

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When I click on History Show All History I only get a list showing May, April and Older than 6 months. How do I get all my history to show again?

When I click on History Show All History I only get a list showing May, April and Older than 6 months. How do I get all my history to show again?

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Try going to Help -> Troubleshooting Information. Scroll down the page to the "Places Database" section and click the "Verify Integrity" button.

It may take a few seconds.

Copy the output of that run (if it doesn't help, we'd like you to paste it here), and restart Firefox, then visit a few pages and see if history starts appearing.

If it doesn't help, please paste the output of the verify integrity here so we can try and advise you further.

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Try going to Help -> Troubleshooting Information. Scroll down the page to the "Places Database" section and click the "Verify Integrity" button.

It may take a few seconds.

Copy the output of that run (if it doesn't help, we'd like you to paste it here), and restart Firefox, then visit a few pages and see if history starts appearing.

If it doesn't help, please paste the output of the verify integrity here so we can try and advise you further.

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Also make sure you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Always use Private Browsing mode; Never Remember History).

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
  • remove checkmark: [ ] "Always use Private Browsing mode"
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I was able to get it to start showing the history again by just turning show history off and on a couple times but that does not help with all that was lost even the last few days. I guess there is no way to retrieve that history? But in any case I guess the problem is solved. Thx