TSGL: deleting from address (?) bar

[H Davis]

Thanks Al, that's a good tip. With the ability to edit that list I too 
will probably clean it out occasionally.

H Davis

Al wrote:
> In Firefox click on the down arrow on the address bar to expose all the 
> addresses, move cursor over address you want deleted, press shift + delete 
> simultaneously, wallah, it's gone.
>
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> From: "H Davis" <hdavis1 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: TSGL: deleting from address (?) bar
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>> Sylvia,
>>
>> In Firefox click Tools, Options, Privacy, History tab, Clear Browsing
>> History Now. Look at the list produced by clicking Settings first as you
>> might want to adjust this list.
>>
>> Note!!!  I don't personally use this feature so you're on your own.
>>
>> Also, I couldn't find an easy place to edit the list to remove just a
>> few entries. But the history is kept in \Documents and Settings\<your
>> user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<odd
>> letters>.default\history.dat.
>>
>> You can open/edit this file with notepad and possibly remove individual
>> entries but there is a lot of extraneous stuff associated with each
>> entry. Again, you're on your own.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> H Davis
>>
>> Sylvia Gould wrote:
>>     
>>> Right. But in IE, there is no chance to pick and choose--it's clear all 
>>> or
>>> none--right?
>>> In Firefox, I can't find that option. Checked help, index, search--....
>>>
>>> At 06:32 AM 9/19/2006, you wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Thats your history, If you clear your History it'll clear that list. So 
>>>> if
>>>> you want you can go through your history after someones been on and 
>>>> delete
>>>> the ones you don't want.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/18/06, Sylvia Gould <nade at gorge.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Windows XP Home edition
>>>>>
>>>>> Not sure what it's called-- the drop-down menu space at the bottom that
>>>>> says "address" and retains the web site addresses you've been to....
>>>>> How do I delete from that list? I have people use my computer to check
>>>>> their email, and other things I'm not interested in keeping, but I seem 
>>>>> to
>>>>> get stuck with all those addresses, making it hard to find the ones I 
>>>>> do
>>>>> want to keep.
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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