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Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by holygoat on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:15PM (#9273506)
Can you reproduce on a clean profile?

Did you file a bug?

Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by haitran on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:31PM (#9273857)
Using a new clean profile does prevent that strange behavior of Firefox, but I'm still curious about the reason
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by holygoat on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:37PM (#9273886)
You probably have a corrupt places.db.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by jtokoph on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:11PM (#9273488)
Doesn't the star next to each entry mean it is in your bookmarks somewhere?
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by scott_karana on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:13PM (#9273494)
Yes, but it's the "linkedin.com" autocomplete he's referring to, since it doesn't show up in any bookmarks (or nonexistent history)

Admittedly it wasn't a very clear article, and probably took longer to write than the bug request would have taken to submit. :/

Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by pchan22 on Thursday March 26, 2015 @09:04PM (#9274221)
Everything screenshot I saw seems to have stars next to it (even the linkedin one he posted). These starred bookmarks need to be cleared by going to Bookmarks, Show all Bookmarks, then heading to the starred bookmark section and wiping them out from there.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by caseysoftware on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:14PM (#9273502)
In the location bar, arrow down to the entries you want and then hit delete (or shift delete?) and it should clear them.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by haitran on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:42PM (#9273901)
It was strange that the suggested address was not in the dropdown list, so I could not delete it.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by chris_wot on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:31PM (#9273593)
Kind of not the point though.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by haitran on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:54PM (#9273698)
I'm sorry if anyone cannot access my blog. My host runs out of resource. I will post some screenshots here
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by haitran on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:00PM (#9273726)
Here are the screenshots https://www.mediafire.com/folder/mbb06f6ru4ovo/Firefox

I tried every possible way that I could think of: - Clean up history - Clear cache - Disable addons - Enter private mode - Disconnect Firefox account - I also tried turning off cookies

As you can see, Firefox still suggests a website that is not in my Bookmarks (I don't have reddit.com or any of its child page in my bookmarks). I also want to note that not only the address bar, but also the fields (username & password) of some sites that I bookmarked are still stored after I cleaned up everything.

p/s: I haven't tried creating a new profile. Let's see.

Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by kngspook on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:02PM (#9273737)
Search suggestions?
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by haitran on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:13PM (#9273788)
It was turned off too
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by mrits on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:07PM (#9273461)
If you have nothing to hide it doesn't matter.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by philtar on Friday March 27, 2015 @05:17AM (#9275294)
He's trying to hide his surprise gift to his wife. Or something.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by frozenport on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:45PM (#9273660)
I google stuff my co-workers find funny but my boss doesn't.
Re:Firefox does not completely erase my browsing history by jjkmk on Thursday March 26, 2015 @06:41PM (#9273634)
To clear space H.D.D space? Who are you to say the feature doesn't matter?