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How can I prevent someone using my laptop from deleting items from the history so I can get my website back when I am looking for it?

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I allow other persons from my home to use my computer when I am not on but there are times when I go to my history to re-visit a site and it has been deleted. I would like to know how to prevent this from happening because I don't see how someone can go and delete my entire history without some sort of permission or password implemented, so please help.

I allow other persons from my home to use my computer when I am not on but there are times when I go to my history to re-visit a site and it has been deleted. I would like to know how to prevent this from happening because I don't see how someone can go and delete my entire history without some sort of permission or password implemented, so please help.

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cor-el
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You need to make sure that they do not use your Firefox profile folder.

Either create a (guest) Windows account for them or create an extra Firefox profile for them that they can start with a desktop shortcut. You may want to hide your own start shortcut if they still use your profile.