Deleting browsing history and cookies in Safari

I have deleted browsing history and cookies in Safari, but am not sure I was successful.

settings - safari - clear history and then clear cookies and data.
then open safari hit the book icon - history - clear - done

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I have an IPone 4, there is an add video for Capital one that keeps coming up on its own... ive deleted my history and cookies and this video keeps taking over my phone. how do i get rid of it? the video is of a man with a puppet and the puppet is singing

i have an IPone 4, there is an add video for Capital one that keeps coming up on its own... ive deleted my history and cookies and this video keeps taking over my phone. how do i get rid of it? the video is of a man with a puppet and the puppet is singing a song while he is checking his phone. how do i get rid of it????

If it happens again the make sure that you aren't suppressing website colors.
Make sure that you allow pages to choose their colors and that you haven't enabled High Contrast in the Accessibility settings.
*Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Colors : [X] "Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Options+window+-+Content+panel
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Website_colors_are_wrong
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Websites_look_wrong

Had to refresh Windows 8, Firefox was removed and I lost my bookmarks, browser history, and cookies. Is there any way to recover?

Due to recurring problems with Windows 8, I had to "refresh" my laptop. As a result, my computer was reset to its factory settings, and Mozilla Firefox was stripped out. I have lost my bookmarks, browser history, and cookies.
Is this lost information still present somewhere on my computer's hard drive? (I did get a list of removed apps afterwards.) Is there any way to recover and restore my bookmarks, at the very least?
I have yet to reinstall Firefox, because I do not want to overwrite anything that might still be present.

Hold on before installing. Firefox isn't going to look in the C:\Windows.old folder.
To show hidden files, see: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files
Then look for:
C:\Windows.old\Users\''username''\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
Can you find a folder there named something gibberish.default?

Even though I have ordered Firefox to clear my entire browsing history and cookies when it closes, it is not doing so when I exit. I have to manually clear the history and cookies each time.

I am running Firefox 10.0.2 for Linux, and have never had this problem with previous versions. I wonder if it is an issue of Firefox not quitting completely when I close it...meaning it would not clear the history and cookies because it is not technically shut down. This is just a theory, however. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks for the suggestion. I made sure the prefs.js file had read and write permissions, and since then it seems to be saving my settings and deleting all the information I ordered it to on exit.
Thanks for your help! This was a minor problem, but it's nice to know that everything is working the way it's supposed to now.

IN spite of the settings I have chosen, Firefox seems to be automaticly clearing some browser history and cookies

I've reviewed the options settings a number of times and no change. Any suggestions would help.

You can check the settings for clearing the history when Firefox closes if you use that feature.
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history" > [X] Clear history when Firefox closes > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.

I have an iPad and I am unable to open email links. I cleared history and cookies in Safari. Now what?

I have rebooted my iPad several times. I haven't changed any security settings.

Did you reboot/reset your iPad like this?
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

I CANT GET DELETE BROWSING HISTORY TO WORK. ANY IDEAS ?

I have followed the instructions for delete browsing history and nothing happens can you help? Thanks Ted.

Do you mean the History as shown in History > Show All History or the sidebar (View > Sidebar History) or do you mean the location bar drop down list?
See:
* [[Clear Recent History]]
* [[Clearing Location bar history]]
* [[Location bar autocomplete]]

My browsers (safari and chrome) continue to open an old version of a website. Even though I've cleared my browser history and cache. Please help! what else can I do.

My browsers (safari and Chrome) continue to open an old version of a website - even though I've cleared my browser history and cache. It's essential I see the newly launched site - rather than the old ones. It's strange it's happening in both browsers.
Please help!

You, or someone using your computer, hacked the system to redirect certain URL's. The file modified is /etc/hosts.
The easiest way to fix the hosts file is to restore it from a backup that predates the modification, or to copy the unmodified file from another Mac. If you can't do that, then do as below. Please read this whole message before doing anything.
Back up all data. This is a simple procedure, but if you don't follow the instructions exactly, you could be left with an unbootable system. In that case, you'll have to restore from a backup or reinstall OS X.
If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
open -a TextEdit /etc/hosts
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). A TextEdit window should open. At the top of the window, you should see this:
# Host Database
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
127.0.0.1                              localhost
255.255.255.255          broadcasthost
::1                                        localhost
fe80::1%lo0                    localhost
Below that, you'll see some other lines. There should be nothing above the first line "##". If you have any doubt about that, STOP and ask for guidance. Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom of the document. Scroll bars are hidden by default until you actually start scrolling, so you may not realize that you’re not seeing the whole document.
If the contents of the TextEdit window are as described, close it, then enter the following command in the Terminal window in the same way as before (by copy and paste):
sudo sed -i~ '11,$d' /etc/hosts
This time, you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Confirm. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator. Quit Terminal.
That will fix the hosts file. There is now a copy of the old hosts file with the name "hosts~" in the same folder as "hosts". You can delete the copy if you wish. Don't delete the file named "hosts".

Why is my Firefox 4.0.1 crashing and deleting my browsing history and bookmarks?

This is the third time in the past month and a half that my Firefox 4.0.1 has crashed and deleted both my browsing history and my recent bookmarks. It seems to delete up to about a week's worth of information.
In the past, my Firefox browser would crash, but it would at least retain my last entered information (but that was the older version of Firefox); so this is something entirely new. I updated to 4.0.1 about two months ago, hoping that this would be better, but these random, information deleting, crashes are driving me crazy! I'm hesitant to download the new 5.0 version for the fear that these crashes will get worse...but mainly because I love Hypertext too much and I don't want to lose it to the upgrade.
I had read that one of the options to identifying the problem is to post a crash I.D.; however, when I searched for my latest crash reports, it doesn't show either of the two crashes that concerns me. So I'm even more curious to what this problem might be. I can tell you some of the key behaviors before it crashes:
* It begins to lag (slower than snail pace).
* It's almost impossible to click from one tab to the other (even if I only have two tabs open).
* My comp's physical memory spikes.
* The browser window will sometimes freeze and shut down the whole program, but this time (today), the window closed on its own.
* When I'm forced to close Firefox from my Task Manager, sometimes I actually have to restart my computer before I'm able to use the browser again.
* The crash happens randomly. I haven't noticed a crash pattern based on websites that I visit.
I hope someone can help me. I would really like this remedied. It just sucks having spent so much time bookmarking research material, just to have all of it wiped away without a reason.

Try to update to the latest Firefox 12.0 version.
You can find the latest Firefox release in all languages and for all Operating Systems here:
*Firefox 12.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/gfx.color_management.mode
* https://developer.mozilla.org/En/ICC_color_correction_in_Firefox
Caveats: The new QCMS color management system introduced in Firefox 3.5 currently only supports ICC version 2 color profiles, not version 4.
You can set the gfx.color_management.enablev4 pref to true on the about:config page and close and restart Firefox to enable ICC V4 support in Firefox 8+, but that feature is not yet fully implemented, so there may be problems in some cases.
Test page:
* http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter - Is your system ICC Version 4 ready?

From time to time when I click a searched link the colr of visited links does not change. It works fine after I delete history and cookies. Can I fix that. I am using windows XP. Thankste

From time to time when I click a searched link the color of visited links does not change. It works fine after I delete history and cookies. Can I fix that. I am using windows XP. Thanks

Here's the error message I get.
Note the TC is connected to my Airport Extreme via ethernet and my iMac is also connected to the AX via ethernet so it's not a wifi issue.
I can see the TC in the finder so it's not 'gone' from the network either.
Also note that just then the TM system pref pane was claiming a backup error, citing my 'network password' and still refusing to backup. I waited 5 minutes and did some tidying of my office while I pondered this and then tried again and voila it worked ok.

I know how to delete my browsing history but for some reason 'delete browsing history' has gone grey and does nothing?

I know how to delete my browsing history but for some reason 'delete browsing history' has gone grey and does nothing?

By chance have you tried connecting your device to your Desktop (USB Cable) & then opened up the Device Files using iTunes?

The LOVOO app has hijacked the app store on my ipad. Plus, it often redirects me to the hijacked app store when I'm in safari (from any number of anodyne sites). I've cleared history and cookies, and will now reboot the whole ipad. What permanent fix?

The LOVOO app has hijacked the app store on my ipad. Plus, it often redirects me to the hijacked app store when I'm in safari (from any number of anodyne sites). I've cleared history and cookies, and will now reboot the whole ipad. What permanent fix?

I have exactly the same problem with my iPod touch 5. The Lovoo application hijacks me to the App Store constantly. It is a nightmare. This is disgusting.

Safari delete browser history

hello. i have a question to safari. i know how to delete the browser history. But does safari or mac os x safe the websites otherwise like the index file on windows?
thanks for your help.
janik from germany

No, once they are deleted they are gone - unless you have bookmarked them.

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How to totally delete browser history on iPad?

That is the same problem I'm having w/the iPad. I am using the security to limit the websites I visit yet settings -> safari and Safari history will not allow the ability to clear the history. This will eventually bog down the performance of the iPad.

I can go to every other website except for facebook even if i use other browsers all i can see is 404 Not found or HTTP 500 Error since yesterday I tried reinstalling clearing history and cookies enabling them make sure that my firewall permits me to acce

I can go to every other website except for facebook. I try every other browser in my computer but the only thing I can see is HTTP 500 error and 404 Not Found. I tried clearing cache history and cookies, enabling cookies, checking my modem, make sure my firewall permits me to access this web and even pt 's' in front of 'http' but it still dosent work. I can go to facebook with my dad's laptop and my handphone but not with this computer, why?
== URL of affected sites ==
http://www.facebook.com

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