One way to keep your privacy without needing to use either of these options is to change a setting in Firefox so that the browser never remembers your history. Our tutorial below will show you where to find this setting so that you can make Firefox never remember your browsing history.
How to Get Firefox to Never Remember Your Browsing History
The steps in this article were performed in the desktop/laptop version of Firefox. Completing these steps will change a setting in Firefox so that the browser never remembers your history, regardless of whether you are in a regular browsing tab or a private browsing tab. Step 1: Open Firefox. Step 2: Select the Open menu option at the top-right corner of the window.
Step 3: Click Options on this menu.
Step 4: Choose the Privacy & Security tab at the left side of the window.
Step 5: Click the dropdown menu to the right of Firefox will under the History section of the menu, then choose the Never remember history option. Firefox will then prompt you to restart the browser so that these changes can take effect.
As noted on the menu after making this change, Firefox will now use the same settings as private browsing and will not remember any history as you browse the Web. Additionally you may want to click the clear all current history button to delete any of the existing history in your browser from prior to making this change. Would you like Firefox to start on a different page than what you currently see when you open the browser? Find out how to set Firefox to open with a different page so that it starts with your email, or a favorite news site. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.
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