Delete Firefox Search Browsing History

While there are plenty of benefits of using Mozilla Firefox, keeping your browsing history safe and private is not one of these. You may have heard the term: “If you’re not buying the product, then you are the product.” The same can apply to Mozilla Firefox as well.

In the modern digital age, big products cannot survive for too long without adequate funding. We have discovered how Google and Facebook use our private data for their own benefits by selling it to anyone willing to pay in buckets. It would be a mistake to assume that other companies like Mozilla may not think the same way or face the same pressure of keeping the till ringing.

Plenty of our data is recorded when we use Mozilla Firefox to surf the web. You can actually see your search history and browsing activities recorded directly inside the app. All this data can be used by Mozilla, or any other entity for their financial benefits.

If you’ve heard about search advertising, you would understand that your private data is used to create your own profile which states specifically what are your likes and dislikes. This data is then sold to advertising companies, who then create personalized ads especially tailored for you, and bombard you with the most alluring and flavorful ads.

Even if your data is not used in such a manner, you still may not want your browsing history to be recorded inside the app for everyone to see. Your online searches may revolve around things that you wouldn’t want to show to anyone else. In such a scenario, it is always better to delete your browsing and search history before it gets into the hands of any other person against your will.

If you want your personal life to remain personal, then it would be better to delete your search and browsing history altogether from Firefox.