firefox - clear private data?

Van Hellseek · 30 Nov 2009 at 13:30

The newer versions of firefox dont seem to have the option to "clear private data" that the older versions had. :confused:

Why on earth would they remove such an important function? Or have they simply moved it to a less convenient place?

bledd · 30 Nov 2009 at 13:33

ctrl + shift + delete

or

tools
options
privacy
'custom'

Clown · 30 Nov 2009 at 13:36

Ctrl + Shift + Delete?

e;f;b

gillywibble · 30 Nov 2009 at 13:53

seek said:
The newer versions of firefox dont seem to have the option to "clear private data" that the older versions had.

Yes it does.

Van Hellseek · 1 Dec 2009 at 07:00

gillywibble said:
Yes it does.

So where is it, because I don't see "clear private data" anywhere.

Van Hellseek · 1 Dec 2009 at 07:01

bledd. said:
ctrl + shift + delete

Thats just to clear the history.

The old option cleared cookies/cache/history etc.

Ratbag · 1 Dec 2009 at 07:06

tools
options
privacy
settings

malef!c · 1 Dec 2009 at 08:29

You could also look at the BetterPrivacy plugin for FF, clears cookies when you kill the browser (think it does Flash cookies as well which is nice

Engram · 1 Dec 2009 at 09:19

Tools -> Clear Recent History

bledd · 1 Dec 2009 at 09:50

seek said:
Thats just to clear the history.

The old option cleared cookies/cache/history etc.

seek mate, that option, and the other one I said above gives the option to delete cookies/history the lot..

Maybe your Firefox is a bit broken..?

deshepherd · 1 Dec 2009 at 17:04

also firefox now has the "private browsing" mode which may pre-empt the need to "clear history" :-)

mrk · 1 Dec 2009 at 17:10

CTRL+SHIFT+P = Porn mode \m/

The Mad Rapper · 1 Dec 2009 at 18:13

There's no need to do any of that. Just go into the options and set it to 'Never record history', it saves nothing to disk then.

HangTime · 2 Dec 2009 at 23:07

^Presumably that's not going to clear the existing history though.

Mattus · 3 Dec 2009 at 02:14

It's just been renamed "Clear Recent History", and the ability's been added to clear the history from a particular time period. You can still clear the whole history if you want to. Pretty obvious really - it's in the exact same place as the old option!