I am trying to delete the history of IE, FireFox, Chrome and Opera using a batch file when staff log in. Below is what I have and it works but it also clears the bookmarks and preferences of Chrome and I think Firefox. How do I just clear the history without clearing bookmarks and preferences. Any help would be great, thank you. To delete only cookies while keeping other data, do the following: Click the menu button , click History and then click Clear Recent History…. Set Time range to clear: to Everything. Select Cookies and make sure that other items you want to keep are not selected. Click OK Clear Now to clear all cookies and close the Clear All History window. History: Select "Use Custom Settings for History" All items are checked; Always accept all cookies, but keep until I close Firefox; Clear history when FF closes: Settings: Everything is checked except Delete Saved Passwords. If I want to clear the history, etc. while Firefox is running, I simply hit Ctrl-Shift-Delete and choose what to delete. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox. Locate the above file. Then rename or delete it. Restart Firefox. The browser should then create a new place.sqlite and recover your bookmarks from the backup files. Note: Your history is not backed up and will be lost. Rename (or delete) cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and if present delete cookies.sqlite-shm and cookies.sqlite-wal in the Firefox profile folder in case cookies.sqlite got corrupted. You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder: Select the History icon (looks like a clock), and then choose Clear all history. Select Browsing history, then Cookies and saved website data, and then Cached data and files. Select Clear. After the "All Clear!" message appears, exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser. You can also pin Firefox in Private Browsing mode to the Windows taskbar for easy access: Click the Menu button and select New Private Window. A new Firefox icon with a small purple mask will show in the Windows taskbar, this is the Private Browsing mode icon. Right-click the Firefox in Private Browsing mode icon in the taskbar. Click Pin to No matter what browser you prefer, they all make it relatively easy to delete your history within a few minutes. In Google Chrome , click the three dots to the right of the address bar to open the Explore Our Help Articles. Dig into the knowledge base, tips and tricks, troubleshooting, and so much more. Firefox Browser; Mozilla VPN Type about:preferences#privacy in the address bar. The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings. At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off. nSuKbVq.