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Clear Firefox form history

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Works with any MacWorks with any Mac running macOS/OS X on Intel or Apple Silicon.
  • Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
  • macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
  • Impact: HighSystem Functionality Loss Risk: High
    This action improves privacy with high impact when you run the recommended script.
  • Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
  • Fully reversible

    You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.

    The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

Overview

Missing Good Quality Documentation

This page does not yet meet PrivacyLearn's documentation standards. However, the script/action is stable and verified by community. Here are some options for you to understand its functionality:

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Ready for clear Firefox form history on macOS to harden your cyber privacy guardrail? This system update provides guidance on the way.

Ethical behavior is reinforced by protecting important data privacy. Adjust (select a way to proceed) this enhancement to manage digital data privacy protection settings. If something doesn't make sense right away, don't panic. Slow down and take another look at the instructions. Clarity usually comes with a second read.

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Technical Details

This code controls profile configurations to help maintain cyber privacy security as a means of protected user settings. This would help make the system respond faster for the purpose of efficient profile management.

This executable refines file system to minimize important privacy control risks and this helps to reach data privacy protection. To accomplish optimized file operations, it aims to help maximize system performance.

To realize controlled data retention, this playbook manages usage traces to be able to increase system privacy safeguard. With support of save energy while using the system, it helps to gain optimized storage space.

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Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users.

This script is not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality.

Consider creating a Time Machine backup before doing any changes.

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  • Offline usage
  • Free
  • Open-source
Help

How to apply or restore "Clear Firefox form history" using script

  • ≈ 3 min to complete
  • Tools: Web Browser
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • ≈ 5 instructions
  1. 1

    Download

    Download the script file by clicking on the   Apply protection  button above.
    Use   Undo protection button above to restore changes.
  2. 2

    Keep the file

    If warned by your browser, keep the file.
  3. 3

    Open

    Open the downloaded file.
  4. 4

    Exit

    Once it's done, press any key to exit the window.
  5. 5

    Restart

    Restart your computer for all changes to take effect.

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How to apply or restore "Clear Firefox form history" using privacy.sexy

  • ≈ 3 min to complete
  • Tools: privacy.sexy
  • Difficulty: Simple
  • ≈ 4 instructions
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily with more advanced options.
  1. 1

    Open or download

    Open or download the desktop application
  2. 2

    Choose script

    1. Search for the script name: Clear Firefox form history
    2. Check the script by clicking on the checkbox.
  3. 3

    Run

    Click on ▶️ Run button at the bottom of the page.

    This button only appears on desktop version (recommended). On browser, use 💾 Save button.

Run commands

Copy and run commands manually Requires technical knowledge
Apply changes
rm -fv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/formhistory.sqlite
rm -fv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/formhistory.dat
Help

How to apply or restore "Clear Firefox form history" using commands

  • ≈ 2 min to complete
  • Tools: Terminal app
  • Difficulty: undefined
  • ≈ 3 instructions
  1. 1

    Open terminal

    Open Terminal app.
  2. 2

    Copy code

  3. 3

    Paste & run

    Paste the code into Terminal and press Enter to run.

    Some changes require a system restart to take effect

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