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Delete Firefox history older than 1 week - in Debian Linux - https://git.io/fjSWS
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| #! /bin/bash | |
| ## sudo apt update && sudo apt install sqlite3 | |
| ## if you're on the Default-channel | |
| cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/**.default/ | |
| sqlite3 places.sqlite "delete from moz_historyvisits where visit_date < strftime('%s', 'now', '-7 days') * 1000000;" | |
| sqlite3 places.sqlite "delete from moz_places where url like '%duckduckgo%'; vacuum;" | |
| ## if you're on the Beta-channel | |
| cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/**.default-beta/ | |
| sqlite3 places.sqlite "delete from moz_historyvisits where visit_date < strftime('%s', 'now', '-7 days') * 1000000;" | |
| sqlite3 places.sqlite "delete from moz_places where url like '%duckduckgo%'; vacuum;" |
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run this clean-up script while Firefox is closed.
put it in your .bash_profile if you want it to run once at every bootup.