How to Delete All Browsing and Download History on Mozilla Firefox 3.0 And 3.5

Deleting browsing history on Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and above can be done in several ways. Some of the procedures outlined below will allow you to delete all data and others will allow you delete only particular histories. All these procedures have their advantages.
Delete All Browsing History on Mozilla Firefox 3.0
To delete all history on Mozilla Firefox 3.0 (and its iterations), do the following:
- Open the browser window. Look for the "Tools" button at the top of the window towards the upper left hand corner. Click on it to display the Tools menu. Alternatively, you can press Alt + T to display the menu.
- On the displayed menu, look for and click on "Clear Private Data". You can also just press P on your keyboard whilst the menu is displayed. Alternatively, you may press Control + Shift + Delete. This will display a small window.
- The new window shows what data may be deleted. These include browsing (and download) history, saved forms and search history, cache, cookies, saved passwords, offline website data and authenticated sessions.
Delete All Browsing History on Mozilla Firefox 3.5
To delete all history on Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and above, carry out the following:
- Open the browser window. Look for the "Tools" button at the top of the window towards the upper left hand corner. Click on it to display the Tools menu. Alternatively, you can press Alt + T to display the menu.
- On the displayed menu, look for and click on "Clear Recent History". You can also just press H on your keyboard whilst the menu is displayed. Alternatively, you may press Control + Shift + Delete. This will display a small window.
- The new window shows what data may be deleted. These include browsing (and download) history, saved forms and search history, cache, cookies, active logins and site preferences.
- There are options of the periods of history you may like to delete which include: last hour, last 2 hours, last 4 hours, and today, or everything.
Delete All History Automatically
This procedure is similar in both Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and 3.5
- Open the browser window. Click on the Tools button to display the menu.
- Click on "Options" (or press O while the menu is displayed) and select the "Privacy" tab from the new window that appears.
- On Firefox 3.5, you will see that this page begins with History. Set the option beside "Firefox will:" to "Use custom settings for history". This will display the custom options for handling your browsing history. On Firefox 3.0, you will see the custom options as soon as you click on the Privacy tab.
- On Firefox 3.0, check the box beside "Always clear my private data when Firefox closes". On Firefox 3.5, this option is "Clear history when Firefox closes".
- Click on the "Settings" button beside the above option to configure what data should be deleted. This will open a new and small window. In this window, check each option that you want to be deleted when you close Firefox. Click OK to save.
Delete Only Websites Visited
- Click on History at the top of the browser window or press Alt + S. Choose "Show All History" from the displayed menu to show all visited pages. You can also do this by pressing Ctrl + Shift + H.
- In the new window, look for and right-click on the record you would like to delete. Choose "Delete" from the dialog box.
- You may sort the history according to the name, last visited, and most visited and so on. To sort, click on Views and select "Sort". You can also use the search box provided to search for a particular record.
- On Firefox 3.5, in addition to the above procedures, you may also use the "Forget This Site" feature. When you right-click on the record you would like to delete, choose "Forget About This Site" from the dialog box. This option will delete all history such as your visit record, cookies, saved passwords, download history, and so on for that website only.
Delete Only Download History
- Clicks on Tools or press Alt + T. Select Downloads or simply press D while the dialog box is displayed to show the download page. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + J to display the download page.
- On this page, look for the "Clear list" button at the end of the page and click on it to delete the entire download history.
- To delete only a particular download record, scroll through the list to find it and then right-click on it. Choose "Remove From List" from the displayed options.
Prevent Browsing History from Being Stored
- Mozilla Firefox comes with a feature called Private Browsing. When you surf the internet using this mode, every record of your browsing is deleted once you close the window. This allows you to browse the web without having the websites you visit or downloads from being recorded. Cookies from the visited websites are also deleted.
- To open a Private Browsing window, click on Tools and select "Start Private Browsing. Alternatively, you can press Control + Shift + P. (To exit Private Browsing following the same procedure and select "Stop Private Browsing").
- You can tell you are using the Private Browsing mode by the title "(Private Browsing)" displayed at the top of the browser window.
- Even though this mode deletes the record of your download, however, the downloaded files and any bookmarks you create are preserved.

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