Quick Tip: Clear All Browsing History

We have all visited sites that we wouldn't want others to know about. It could have been a personal site, secure banking site, or something else. Whatever the case, someone can easily find where you have been by going to the history. For those that are more advanced they look at your temporary internet files and find where the files downloaded came from. This could reveal personal information about where you have been on the web. We value you privacy so in this edition of quick tips, you will be learning how to clear all traces of where you have been. Read More...

The first step to clearing your private web history and data would be to clear internet history directly from your browser. Internet Explorer and Firefox both provide this functionality right into the browser.

In Internet Explorer:

1. Click the Tools Button (It Should have a Picture of a Gear to the left of the Text)
2. Select the Delete Browsing History Option
3. Check Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, and History (Do NOT check Form Data or Passwords since this will clear all data you have saved in forms and all saved passwords)
4. Click the Delete Button

In Firefox:

1. Click the Tools Menu
2. Select the Clear Private Data Option
3. Check Browsing History, Cache, Cookies, Offline Website Data, and Authenticated Sessions (Do NOT check Saved Passwords as this will delete all your saved passwords)
4. Click the Clear Private Data Now Button

As another precautionary measure you can run CCleaner and/or Glary Utilities and cleanup what they find to make sure all data is deleted.