Choosing only to clear Browsing History on shutdown also clears Download History

In Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History, I have "Use custom settings for history" selected. Under that, I have "Remember my browsing and download history " checked, as well as "Clear history when firefox closes" checked. In those settings, I only have "Browser History" checked. When I close and then re-open Firefox, the Browsing History has been cleared while things such as the Cache and Cookies have been retained. However, the Download History is also cleared, despite me never having checked that option.

Do you still see the downloads in the Downloads folder the Bookmarks and History Manager (Library)?
* History > Show All History
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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Firefox hangs on browser history clearing...can I do anything about it?

There's about 7 months worth of browsing history in my Firefox profile. Trying to clear it "entirely" is giving me trouble, even in safe mode. Cache, cookies, and everything '''else''' clears fine in a small amount of time. I'm writing this question in Chrome as we speak because Firefox is currently unusable.
The problem is with clearing browser history (only on time setting "everything") specifically because Firefox will hang (and entirely freeze the GUI) until I decide to manually kill it in the task manager. The firefox.exe process shows a curious, steady 13% cpu utilization during this task on a core i7-920 cpu. Same result in safe mode. Same result if I try to set the browser history clearing settings "when I close Firefox" -- Firefox will indeed close but still be listed in the task manager taking up a 13% cpu utilization and refuses to open again until I manually kill it. So far I've waited for around an hour for the process to complete but honestly though, the task of "deleting 7 months worth of browsing history" should only takes seconds...possibly "minutes" maximum on a mid-range PC, no?
Some additional info on my machine: it's custom built from 2009 but it still performs strongly. Not too long ago I upgraded to a Samsung 840 Pro SSD and this is where the Firefox profile is on. Even though I only have 6GB of RAM, I still enable "Rapid Mode" in Samsung Magician. That process will chew through 5-6GB fairly easily, but it's still a noticeable speed increase over my native SATA II chipset limitation on my motherboard. Intel's ICH10R raid controller is a bit dated, but it works (mostly) and gives me a cheap raid1 solution for a couple of existing storage drives in my system (they're not related to the OS drive anyway.) I have set the recommended amount of 10% over-provisioning on the SSD. I keep a very close eye on the software I chose to execute so I'm fairly confident that there isn't anything else (hardware '''or''' software related) "slowing down" the system. Drivers/Win7 x64/Firefox 33 are all up to date (even running on "legacy" status now with my GPU drivers.) I do have a probably "more than average" number of extensions and custom scripting via Greasemonkey...I also have quite a bit of customization on Reddit from the "Reddit Enhancement Suite" tool -- so I wouldn't be surprised if "more than average" customization somehow corrupted the '''places.sqlite''' file and this is the explanation for my current troubles. I get rid of unnecessary plugins like Java but there's some you can't really mess with like Google's "update" plugin that's automatically installed if you have Chrome installed on your system for example.
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4. Your suggestions?
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Hello
Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a ''Clean reinstall''. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:
'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
#Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#*'''Mac:''' Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
#*'''Linux:''' If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see [[Installing Firefox on Linux]]. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the [http://www.mozilla.org/firefox#desktop Firefox download page], simply remove the folder ''firefox'' in your home directory.
#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
##Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
More information about reinstalling Firefox can be found [[Troubleshoot and diagnose Firefox problems#w_5-reinstall-firefox|here]].
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Why can't I clear my browsing history in safari

I am trying to clear my browsing history on my iPhone 4 but the bit ton is gray and won't allow me to select it in either the settings menu or in the actual browser. I also tries putting my safari app into private mode but for some reason cannot find the button... It should be in safari at the bottom when I choose to look at multiple tabs (or at least that's where I have always found it) but I don't see it anywhere. I am not sure if this is a problem with the new iOS update I just got or if I somehow changed my settings somewhere to not allow these functions but it is really annoying not being able to clear my history... Please help me figure out how to fix this

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I keep having the error message that says, "not responding". I am afraid to clear the browsing history because I might lose everything I have saved. Please let me know what I need to do and how safe is it to delete the entire list of browsing histroy.

The term "history" has two possible meanings: one is just narrowly the pages you have visited and when you visited them, and another is all your personal data. For example, if you use the Clear Recent History dialog and expand it to show the checkboxes, you can see what might be cleared in that process.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Could you try these two diagnostic tests to see whether we can narrow down the cause of the problem?
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Any difference?
(2) Disable Flash until you approve it
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This latest upgrade has been awful for a very basic computer user like me. I've used Mozilla happily for years but the amount of time I'm spending trying to put it back to the way I like it is starting to make me reconsider the whole thing. Chrome is looking awfully good right now.
I've already spent hours trying to rid myself of the Yahoo thing that just suddenly appeared as my search engine and now my browser history won't clear. I used to be able to go to show all history and delete. Easy! Now even when the history says it's clear, even when I've closed down all the tabs prior to closing down mozilla (except for my home page Google) When I reopen Mozilla the last four tabs are back again. It should, based on my my prior usage, only open to my home page and if I want to restart at my previous tabs it asks me. Why is this happening?
I'm a very basic computer user and this sudden hijacking of my browser and search engine is actully a bit distressing and frankly I'm getting sick of trying to fix it.

I had a similar problem clearing the browser history that was maddening. No matter how much I cleared the history when I went to type in a web address it would still show a list of webpages I had visited that started with similar URLs. It is unclear if this is the exact problem you are experiencing but here is how I fixed it:
* Go to the following menu: Tools > Options > Privacy.
* At the bottom of the menu there is a seperate setting for the Location Bar (which I guess is the term for the area you type in web addresses).
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Firefox 4 forgets all my APP TAB tabs when configured to automatically clear browsing history when Firefox closes? Not much of a feature!

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all of my App Tab tabs are cleared, as well. Do I have to give up my privacy in order to use the App Tab feature?

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Crashes when I attempt to clear browser history;temp fix:I use IObit Security to clean browsing history,cannot clean it all,cleans most,I am then able to clear the rest of my history thru Firefox;I thought this info would help solve the problem

Crashes when I attempt to clear browser history;temp fix:I use IObit Security to clean browsing history,cannot clean it all,cleans most,I am then able to clear the rest of my history thru Firefox;I thought this info would help solve the problem

Crap thought that text was all the characters I was allotted, not just the title.
Anyway I wouldn't have even posted this if you guys would have allowed me to reply to the already existing thread I found through google. Said about 20 or so people had the same problem and no one found the contributor's answer useful, including myself.
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This is a very big problem I hope it is being addressed. Only addon I have is your ad blocker. Also this is completely on your end, not ours. I am the perfect test, my computer is brand new, and by brand new I mean I just started using it the other day, the same day my firefox browser kept crashing as I attempted to clear my browsing history.
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* see [[How do I clear private data on Firefox for Android?]]

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I have searched this question on the web and found several answers that had step by step instructions on how to accomplish the task but none of the methods actually worked. The claims were all talking about older operating systems however.
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Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it, then copy it to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
~/Library/Safari
Quit Safari.
Select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the Finder menu bar. Paste into the text box that opens by pressing command-V, then press return.
A folder window should open. Restore the file named "History.plist" in that folder from a snapshot taken on the day in question, or the first available day afterwards.

Is there a way to keep my app tabs set up if I clear my browsing history between sessions? (v. 4.0 on Mac OS 10.6.6)

Just downloaded version 4.0 yesterday, running on Mac OS 10.6.6. When I set up a few app tabs, they worked fine during the session but were gone when I restarted Firefox.
I usually have my preferences set to clear my browsing history, download history, forms, cache, active logins, and most cookies when I close Firefox. I changed them to clear everything else as usual but to remember my browsing history, and this seems to solve the problem - my app tabs reappeared when I restarted FF. Is there a setting I'm missing that would let me clear my history but maintain the app tabs across sessions?

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Your model iMac can take, a total of 16 GBs of RAM.
My advice is to install the max. 16 GBs of RAM.
Correct and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
RAM is user installable and very easy to do for beginning or novice computer users or novice computer upgraders.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3918
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=XjU_NQh6e1k&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXjU_NQh6e1 k
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