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    Any Way to Select History to Delete?

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    • stevenjcee
      stevenjcee last edited by

      Why do we only have the option to delete all browser history, and not able to select which links we wish to delete, as other browsers do?

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      • sgunhouse
        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        You can't? Strange ... when I go to History from the menu and hover any item there is an "x" in the right column to remove it.

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        • stevenjcee
          stevenjcee last edited by

          Yes, if you wish to delete hundreds of items one at a time..... That's a ridiculous way to do it, unlike other browsers where you can simply highlight & delete, and click one x to mark an entire column or page of sites, and delete, there should be a way to do this without having to X each individual site...

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          • avl
            avl Opera last edited by

            I agree, annoying that there's no selecting! One easy way to remove a bigger slice of history is to use Opera's "Delete history from the last X time" feature. Click Opera menu -> Clear Private Data... and then select how much time you'd like to erase (eg. last hour, last day). You can also reach this from the history page (it's at the top).

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            • ruario
              ruario last edited by

              You can use the History Eraser extension.

              After install should be able to copy and paste this link into your browser

              chrome-extension://lfpoajlbkhlfoeeokbppmecpplmieedm/history.html

              where you will have more find grained control on deleting history.

              Use the big yellow ✓ in the top right hand corner to uncheck everything. Now you can tick individual items, shift-click a range, filter the results based on title, etc.

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              • ruario
                ruario last edited by

                Remember you can use a private window for periods where you do not want your browsing history stored.

                If you want access to cookies, without recording history, use the history on/off extension to disable history recording.

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                • stevenjcee
                  stevenjcee last edited by

                  If you delete all your browsing history, will that affect the ability for Opera, upon re-opening, to begin with all your open tabs & windows? That's my chief concern, or else I would simply erase all the history, but I don't want to lose the memory of all the open tabs/windows, so when I open up, they'll still be there.

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