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==Has an effect in== | ==Has an effect in== | ||
* Mozilla Firefox (nightly builds since 2007-12-05) | * Mozilla Firefox (nightly builds since 2007-12-05) | ||
* SeaMonkey 2.0 and above | |||
==Related bugs== | ==Related bugs== | ||
Revision as of 18:44, 10 April 2009
Background
Mozilla limits the number of entries in its browsing history. This helps performance by reducing the amount of information that must be kept in memory while the browser is running. To prevent culling old history entries prematurely, this preference allows users to set the minimum number of days of history to keep.
Possible values and their effects
A positive integer determining the minimum days of history to keep. Default is 90.
UI
Mozilla Firefox 3
“Tools → Options → Privacy → History → Keep my history for at least ___ days”
SeaMonkey 2
“Edit → Preferences → Browser → History / Browsing History → Always remember visited pages for at least ___ days”
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Mozilla Firefox (nightly builds since 2007-12-05)
- SeaMonkey 2.0 and above
Related bugs
- Bug 402880 - figure out pref UI for history expiration / limiting visits
- Bug 419170 - The history includes too few days, browser.history_expire_days_min is ignored
