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How can I erase my remote past browsing history, e.g., more than year ago, only?

KevinChicago
KevinChicago
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I discovered that Firefox has my browsing history going back to 2012. I don't want to turn off the history recording feature, but I also don't want Firefox saving things I will never need. Is there some way I can set it to automatically erase everything more than six months, a year, etc. old? I'm running the latest Firefox (28) using Windows 7.

Thanks!

I discovered that Firefox has my browsing history going back to 2012. I don't want to turn off the history recording feature, but I also don't want Firefox saving things I will never need. Is there some way I can set it to automatically erase everything more than six months, a year, etc. old? I'm running the latest Firefox (28) using Windows 7. Thanks!

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Currently, Firefox determines how much history to save based on available disk space.

You can reduce the space to save less history, but to set a date-based cut-off, you would need an add-on.

Maybe this one? I haven't tried it myself: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/expire-history-by-days/

If you try that out, please let us know how it works for you.

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer