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I use Firefox v12 but History only lasts for one month and then suddenly I lose all History except for Today

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In the past 2 days, HISTORY was available for Today, Yesterday, 7 days and 1 month...suddenly it all disappeared and only Today and yesterday's History is available.Yes in Settings Privacy.. I have..."remember history" so whats the problem???

In the past 2 days, HISTORY was available for Today, Yesterday, 7 days and 1 month...suddenly it all disappeared and only Today and yesterday's History is available.Yes in Settings Privacy.. I have..."remember history" so whats the problem???

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hello please make sure, that there's no external program on your pc clearing up firefox' history data. some security programs, clean-up-& tuning software and even programs like hp support assistant that ships with hp hardware come with this functionality...

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hello please make sure, that there's no external program on your pc clearing up firefox' history data. some security programs, clean-up-& tuning software and even programs like hp support assistant that ships with hp hardware come with this functionality...

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If Firefox has crashed or otherwise hadn't closed properly then session data may not have been saved or files may have become corrupted.

You can check the settings for Clear Recent History.

You can try to do some maintenance on the places.sqlite database file: