All modern browsers save the web pages you visit in a special screen, accessible at any time while browsing. To access it we can use the appropriate buttons, keyboard shortcuts or better yet some programs designed to view all the history together in a single screen. In this guide we will show you all the steps to follow in order to open, view and possibly even delete the history of the sites visited with Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera and Safari, i.e. the most used web browsers currently on PC and Mac. In addition to this we will show you the programs to view the history of all the browsers on the PC and the useful programs to clear the recent history, so as not to leave any trace of our network browsing (very useful on shared computers).
Article Index
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Opera
- Apple Safari
- How to view the history of all installed browsers
- How to clear history on browsers
- Conclusions
Google Chrome
To access the history of the sites visited on Chrome, simply click on the menu with the three dots at the top left, then select the History item; in it we will find the Web pages recently visited, directly in the context menu. To open the entire browser history, click on History in the menu seen a moment ago or type in the address bar chrome: // history / . If we use keyboard shortcuts a lot, we can also use the combination CTRL + H (on Windows) or CMD + Y (on Mac) to quickly open the history.
By pressing the button that clears the browsing data, you can delete the entire history, otherwise you can select individual elements to be removed.
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Mozilla Firefox
To view the history of the sites visited on the open source Firefox browser, simply click on the book-shaped button at the top, then select the History item, where we will find the visits made recently; to open all the history, click on the bottom view history .
Alternatively we can open the same menus by clicking on the button with the three horizontal lines at the top left, then go to the path Library -> History .
In both cases, you can press to clear the recent history and choose whether to delete the data of the last day, last hour or all.
If we prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, those compatible with Firefox are Ctrl + H (on Windows) and CMD + SHIFT + H, which will make the sidebar appear with all the browser history.
Microsoft Edge
The browser integrated in Windows 10 allows you to view the history of the sites visited by clicking on the star-shaped symbol at the top left, then clicking on the History item. A sidebar will appear with all the sites visited previously. Alternatively we can open the menu at the top left (three dots) and click on History, or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + H to quickly open this panel.
You can press the link that clears the history and then choose the elements to be deleted.
Opera
Opera is a little-known browser but with a modern interface, equipped with technology similar to that seen on Google Chrome. To clear the history on this browser, simply click on the clock-shaped button in the left sidebar offered by Opera. To speed up the process, we can also use the keyboard shortcuts already seen for Chrome, namely CTRL + H (for Windows) and CMD + Y (for Mac).
Clearing the history then becomes just a matter of clicks.
Apple Safari
The default browser of all Macs and MacBooks is Safari, and to access the history of the sites displayed, simply click, at the top of the bar, on the History item and then on Show all history .
From this window we will see all the sites visited with the browser, with the possibility to also search within it with the search bar. To quickly open the Safari history we can also use the keyboard shortcut CMD + Y. From here you can delete all the sites visited if you want.
How to search the history of all installed browsers
If we don't know which browser to search for the site we visited, we recommend using the free Windows BrowsingHistoryView program .
This program collects the history of the browsers previously seen (Chrome, Firefox, Edge but also the old Internet Explorer) to display them in a single screen, so you can find the searched Web page or understand the last pages visited with all browsers. The integrated search engine is excellent, obtainable by pressing the magnifying glass button in the upper bar of the program.
Another similar and more graphically advanced program is MiTEC Internet History Browser which shows all the web pages displayed by the browsers used on the PC, in a single screen.
Currently there is no similar program available for Mac: if we use this operating system, we will have to open all the browsers that may be installed and check the history of each one, as seen in the previous chapters.
How to clear history on all browsers
To best conclude the guide, we will show you how to clear your search history on your computer and browsers. The program we recommend you use to perform this cleaning operation is CCleaner, available free of charge for Windows and Mac.
This program allows you to analyze all the browser histories on your computer and delete them quickly, so as to protect our privacy effectively. In addition to the browser history, it allows you to delete other data and histories made by Windows and other compatible programs, so as not to leave any trace (very useful on a shared computer).
Conclusions
After reading our guide we will be able to view the history of the sites visited on any modern browser, without having to press random keys or open incorrect menus every time.In another guide we showed you how to delete the history manually from the various browsers, so you can get more control and avoid using cleaning programs.
In another linked article, we showed you how to prevent browsers from saving your history, so you can browse incognito immediately without the worry of having to delete your history after each use.
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