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minus-squarehackerwacker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoWell, no. Firefox deletes entries older than 6 months from history and there’s no way to change this or to export the data.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoThis says its not time limited, but firefox will start purging once it starts effecting performance: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1410679
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoAlso history search is terrible
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYeah, if I’m trying history search, I know I’ve already lost.
minus-squaredblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMine has history going back to Nov 2022 (though I’m not entirely sure why it stops there).
minus-squaremac@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoYou can change how often it deletes history items, I’m sure I’ve done that before
Well, no. Firefox deletes entries older than 6 months from history and there’s no way to change this or to export the data.
This says its not time limited, but firefox will start purging once it starts effecting performance:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1410679
Also history search is terrible
Yeah, if I’m trying history search, I know I’ve already lost.
Mine has history going back to Nov 2022 (though I’m not entirely sure why it stops there).
You can change how often it deletes history items, I’m sure I’ve done that before