Existing browsers are specific software packages that help users receive, use information contained on websites. Modern web browsers are free, they are part of software for a computer, tablet or programs that work with any operating system. So, Mozilla Firefox successfully functions independently or comes with Linux. To configure your own settings, you need to know how to clear cookies in Mozilla, delete the history of web surfing and other features of the program.
How to clean cookies in Mozile's browser
The term "cookie" is a concept that the users of the World Wide Web knew about a little less than twenty years ago. At the end of the last century, an employee of a well-known IT company offered to use a certain amount of information containing the necessary information to exchange between websites and programs for accessing the Internet. Since then, "Magic cookies"( from English Magic cookies), make it easier for us to access the network, keeping the usual settings, helping to make Internet purchases.
Most browsers you can download for free from official websites of manufacturers: they are freely available, based on common processing standards, visual representation of data. By opening the necessary page of the site, your web browser sends a text file-information about individual preferences and user settings, personal parameters( passwords, addresses, phones) to the web server. This is the cookie.
They are responsible for authenticating the person using the network. In order to protect confidential data, there is a cleaning function in the browser - search engines Mozile, Yandex, Google Chrome and others - information about web surfing for a certain period of time. In addition, experts recommend that such procedures be carried out at least once a month. Why and how in Mozilla to clean unnecessary cookies, caches, deleting information about the history of visits through the Browser Log?
Where are the cookies
A distinctive feature of Mozilla is the combination of all the cookies of the files into one - cookies.sqlite, located in the personal profile folder. In addition, the browser creates a copy with a. bak extension in case the original file is damaged. You can clean the Mozilla browser cookies:
- If you update, or rather, nullify the whole history of web surfing for a certain time.
- Make selective removal of cookies in Firefox.
How to open and delete the entire history in Mozil Firefox
Information about the sites you have visited, downloaded games, videos and photos is listed in the History of the same browser menu. To completely clear the history in Mozilla's visits, search, downloads and addresses, follow these steps:
- Having downloaded the Firefox window, in the upper right corner at the end of the search line you will see an icon in the form of three parallel lines. Click on it.
- Next go to the Log menu link by selecting the appropriate tab.
- By pressing the Delete recent history function, you need to decide which part and for what period of time to do this.
- Then, to learn how to erase history, exchange data, check the Details checkbox.
- In the pop-up window, Mozilla prompts you to choose what you want to remove.
- Mark the required lines, for example: Download history, Cookies, Cache, Active passwords and logins. After that you just need to click Delete Now and the Mozilla Firefox browser will perform all the necessary actions, and the window will close.
- This will take a few seconds or minutes( depends on the length of the period for which you want to clean the log).
How to clean individual cookies
If the goal is to get rid of the individual cookies with which Mozilla exchanges your personal information with the servers, the procedure is as follows:
- Locate the Tools tab, move the cursor to this menu and press the left mouse button.
- On the top panel you will see the sub-items of the main menu of the Mozilla control. Selecting "Privacy", go to the page of this bookmark.
- After carefully reviewing the suggested action options, select the Delete individual cookies link.
- The Cookies tab opens, and in the box below you will see a list of all the cookies saved by Mozilla on your computer.
- Alternately adding the necessary for removal, click the Delete Cook button in the bottom left corner of the pop-up window.
- Similarly, you have the option to clean your computer's memory of all available cookies at this time by clicking on the Delete All Cookies button.
How to clean the
cache Clearing the cache in Mozilla is possible in several ways:
- Performing actions similar to removing individual cookies from the Privacy menu.
- To do this, select Clear your recent history by clicking on it.
- Check the removal period first, and then in the bottom window select the Cache sub-menu, removing all the checkmarks from the remaining items.
- The last action is pressing the Clear Now button. The window closes, and Mozilla performs the specified actions.
- By clearing the Log, by selecting the Log menu.
Special add-ons for Scaffolds for cleaning
Special site for additional features of Mozilla https: //addons.mozilla.org/ en-US /firefox/ contains a variety of programs that help users manage pop-up blocking, cleaning cookies, cache in Mozilla with the help of a single keystroke. So, remove the "traces" of web surfing will help a simple program BetterPrivacy: it will clean all cookies of durable use. FEBE will save at your discretion settings, passwords, cookies, and if necessary - the whole profile.
Video instruction: how to clear cache and cookies in Mozilla Firefox
Visiting addresses, cookies can be stored at different times: by default they will be reset immediately after the browser is closed or become permanent, which can be deleted after the request. By including a non-use of cookies, you will degrade the ability to visit certain sites. The optimal solution is to periodically clean the cookie and cache. Want to learn how to reset Mozilla, resetting all settings? Take a look at our video tutorial, which will clearly show you how to clean the cache memory in Mozilla, get rid of unnecessary cookies, and speed up the speed of the browser.