Long stored browsing history can risk your security on the internet
What browsing history do?
The way your browser stores all the information about your internet activities for your better browsing experience. So, it does not have to keep retrieving the same files or images from the remote websites each time you click back or forward. Similarly, your internet activities are stalked by the websites that you visit or browse as their website data. It is why you are followed by adverts of products and services that you may have been looking on your browser earlier. Website cookies are used to track web browsing through a mere piece of data implanted into your browser data, but techniques like MAC address or account tracking can be used to see what you have been doing on the web.
Why it is important to delete browsing history timely?
Therefore, Browser hygiene is as important as other security practices. You may not realize but it can risk your privacy and security on the internet if you do not clear your browsing data timely. Also, It is necessary to keep clearing the browsing data periodically to allow browser work efficiently and effectively otherwise it will keep storing data about your every browsing activity until you clear it and this could generate problems over time for browser producing a mass amount of information. Down below we have a list of browsers’ settings for how to remove browsing history.
How to Erase Browsing History for Google Chrome
- Open the Google Chrome browser.
- Click the Chrome menu icon of three dots in the top-right corner and beneath the cross button of the chrome window.
- Go to “More tools” option from the menu options
- Another list of options will appear, click “Clear browsing data…” from the appeared options.
- The Setting window will appear with a small window of “Clear browsing data” with two tabs “Basic” and “Advanced”
- In the Basic tab, select or check the box for Browsing history and uncheck rest that you do not want to erase.
- Then click the “Clear data” button from below.
How to Erase Browsing History for Firefox
- Open the Firefox browser.
- Click the menu icon from the top-right corner of the Firefox window.
- Click “Library” from the menu options that have appeared.
- Now a list of library menu will appear click “History” from the list options.
- Then another list of options will appear under history, click “Clear Recent History…” from the list.
- A small window of “Clear Recent History” will appear, select the time range and select the checkbox for “Browsing and Download History” according to your preference.
- Then click “Clear Now” to erase the data for that selected checkbox.
How to Erase Browsing History for Microsoft Edge
- Open the Microsoft Edge browser.
- Click the menu icon in the top-right corner of the browser window.
- Scroll down menu options to its last option and click “Settings”
- In Settings, under Clear browsing data click “Choose what to clear” button.
- Check or select the boxes you need to clear such as “Browsing history”.
- And click “Clear” to delete the selected browsing data.
How to Erase Browsing History for Internet Explorer
- Open the Internet Explorer Browser.
- Click the gear icon at the top-right corner of the window to go to the menu.
- Go to “Safety” from the menu options that appeared.
- Click “Delete browsing history…” the Safety menu list that appeared.
- A window will appear with checkboxes. Select or check the boxes for data you want to erase such as “History” according to your preference.
- Click “Delete” to clear the history data.
How to Erase Browsing History for Opera
- Open your Opera browser.
- Click on the menu button with the opera symbol in the top-left corner of the window.
- Go to the “History” options from the menu list and click “Clear browsing data”
- The Setting window will appear with a small window of “Clear browsing data” with two tabs “Basic” and “Advanced”
- In the Basic tab, select or check the box for Browsing history and uncheck rest that you do not want to erase.
- Then click the “Clear data” button from below.
How to Erase Browsing History for Safari
- Open the Safari browser.
- Click “Safari” from the top bar.
- Click “Clear History…” from the list of options that have appeared.
- A dialogue box will appear. Select “all history” to delete history completely and click “Remove”.
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