How to clear the Firefox history

The method explained above is incredibly practical if you want to clear your history on Firefox very quickly. Of course, your browser also allows you to delete your history without using any shortcuts. This way, you also have the possibility to change your general search history settings, and for example to decide whether your searches should be saved at all. In the following steps you can discover how to do this in either the desktop or mobile version of Firefox.

As is often the case, there is more than one way to clear your Firefox history. If, like in the description above, you just want to clear your recent or entire history, you can find this option in the quick menu “View history, saved bookmarks, and more.” You can open this menu using the small icon with three small vertical lines and one diagonal line – you can find it in the top right of the Firefox window:

Click on the menu item “History” and then on “Clear Recent History”:

Firefox will now present you with a dialog box where you can choose precisely which online data will be deleted. All data is ticked as standard, so the only thing to do is keep specific data by removing the tick from the respective check box. In the top function you can then also decide whether to delete search history from the last one, two, or four hours, or whether Firefox should clear the entire day’s history. With the option “Everything,” you can also delete all entries that the browser has saved since installation or since the last deletion.

Once you have made your selection, you can confirm it with the button “Clear Now”:

User-defined settings for saving history cannot be set using the method described above. To do this, you have to delve a little deeper into the browser configurations, first by clicking on the hamburger menu icon (three horizontal, stacked lines) and then by selecting “Settings” in the menu that comes up:

Use the left-hand menu section to switch to the section “Privacy & Security” and scroll to the entry “History.” There, either click on the button “Clear History” to reach the dialog box already mentioned, and delete your Firefox history, or you can – as already mentioned – change the general History settings by clicking on the small arrow pointing downwards next to “Firefox will Remember history”:

If you select the option “Never remember history,” Firefox will not cache your online activities at all in future. Otherwise, if you select “Use custom settings for history,” you’ll find further options to make your history settings more specific. For example, you can decide to always use private browsing mode, or that Firefox should only save sites visited and your download history. The function that can be activated to delete your history every time Firefox is closed is also useful:

If you use Firefox on your mobile device, there is no option to clear your history via shortcut as there is no physical keyboard (unless you connect one with an adapter). However, you can of course also clear your browsing history on Firefox Mobile by bringing up the relevant menu. For this, first tap the three-point symbol, then the menu point “History,” and then the button “Delete Browser History.” Lastly, choose “OK” to confirm that you want to delete: