Clear Download History
Click the following links for more help:
To remove specific items from download history
- Click the 'Download' button then click 'Show All Downloads'
- In the 'Library' interface right-click the item and select 'Remove From History'
- Click the hamburger/ 'Open Menu' button at the top-right then select 'Options'
- In the 'Privacy and Security' > 'History' section
- Select the 'IceDragon will:' drop-down
- Remember history - Keeps a record of the pages you have visited, uses the text you have entered into the search bar or into form fields, accepts cookies from sites until they expire.
- Never remember history - Keeps no record of your browsing history, will not remember text you enter into form fields or the search bar, deletes cookies when you close IceDragon.
- Use custom settings for history:
- Always use private browsing mode - CID will not remember any new history the next time it starts.
- Remember my browsing and download history - CID keeps a list of the pages you have visited and a list of files you gave downloaded.
- Remember search and form history - The text you enter into form fields or the search bar will be remembered. For more information, see Form Autofill topic.
- Accept cookies from sites - CID will accept cookies from sites. Click 'Exceptions' to manages Allow /Allow for Session or Block cookies. For more information, see Manage cookies topic.
- Accept third-party cookies - CID accepts cookies: Always, From visited, Never
- Keep until:
- they expire - Allows the sites you visit to specify how long IceDragon should keep their cookies.
- I close IceDragon - Removes cookies when you close CID.
- Clear history when IceDragon closes - Saves items that will be deleted when you close IceDragon.
- Exceptions - Displays the Exceptions window.
- Show cookies - Displays the Cookies window.
- Select 'Use custom settings to history'
- Check the box 'Clear history when IceDragon closes' > 'Settings' button next to it to manage what items are deleted
- The 'Settings for Clearing History' dialog will open:
- Select the items that have to be automatically cleared each time you quit.
- Click
'OK'.
To clear download history manually
- Click the hamburger/ 'Open Menu' button at the top-right corner
- Select 'Library' > 'History'
- Click the 'Clear your recant history'
- In the 'Clear Recent History' dialog, select the period for which you want to delete the download history from the 'Time range to clear' drop-down box
- Click 'Details' arrow to select the type of information will get cleared
- Click the 'Clear Now' button to delete history for the selected period and type of information. Note: Any downloaded files will remain on your computer. This action just clears out your web data.
To remove a single website from the download history
This option deletes all history items (browsing and download history, cookies, cache, active logins, passwords, saved form data, exceptions for cookies, images, pop-ups).
- Click the 'Download' button and select 'Show All Downloads' then click 'History' from the left panel
- Search the website you want to remove from your history by typing its name in the 'Search History' field in the top-right corner.
- Right-click on the site you want to remove, scroll down the 'Forget About This Site'
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