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have tried several times to clear my browsing history and every time I do firefox freezes

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have tried several times to clear my browsing history and every time I do firefox freezes and stops responding, then I have to "force quit" from the main menu

have tried several times to clear my browsing history and every time I do firefox freezes and stops responding, then I have to "force quit" from the main menu

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Problems with bookmarks and history not working properly can be caused by a corrupted places.sqlite database file.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.