Firefox users have long been able to remove the history of websites they visit from their browsers, but a new feature in Firefox 57 makes this process even easier. To remove the history of a website in Firefox, simply click on the three lines in the address bar and select “Remove History.” This will remove all of the information about that website from your browser, including any bookmarks or passwords you may have saved on it. This new feature is especially helpful if you want to keep your browsing history private and don’t want other people to know what websites you’ve been visiting. ..
Note: This is also extremely useful if you are looking for or purchasing a surprise gift for someone special and forgot to enable Private Browsing mode beforehand.
Time to Start Cleaning
There are two different methods that can be used to remove the website in question from your browser’s history. Use the one that works best for your purposes.
- Go to the Firefox Menu Bar, click on “History”, and select “Show All History”.
This will open the History Library Window.
Once you have the History Library Window open, click on “Today” in the left part of the window.
Now that the history for today is displayed, it is time to erase that website from the browser’s history (for our example, http://www.cnn.com/ is being used). Right click on the website in question and select “Forget About This Site”.
As you can see, that website is literally a “piece of history”. All that is left to do is close the History Library Window.
- In the address bar start typing part of the address, webpage title, or associated keywords (i.e cnn) to display the website address in question. Using either the mouse or arrow keys, make certain that the website’s address is highlighted and hit “Delete” on your keyboard.
As you can see, the website’s full address will be temporarily displayed in the address bar and simply needs to be backspaced out or highlighted and deleted.
Retyping the keyword “cnn” in the address bar shows that the website has definitely been erased from your browser’s history.
Conclusion
This will give you quick and easy ways to fix things if you ever find yourself in the unfortunate position of needing to erase a website to avoid an awkward situation at work or home. Happy browsing!
