How many times have you happened to use a PC shared with other users or a tablet / smartphone not owned by you "> Delete website history For this guide we will show you the steps you need to take to clear your history on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer on PC and Mac . For browsers that have a mobile version of the app, we will also show you the steps to be performed on smartphones and tablets, valid for any operating system you use (Android and iOS).
Clear history on Google Chrome
If we use Google Chrome for Windows and for Mac, we can quickly delete the history by pressing the keys CTRL + SHIFT + DEL or ⌘ + SHIFT + DELETE (on Mac) on the keyboard and, in the window that appears, select the Advanced tab, set as interval time All, apply the check mark to the browsing history and finally click on Clear data .
To clear the history from the Google Chrome app (available for Android and iOS), press on the three dots at the top (or bottom, if we use an iPhone), go to the History menu and press the Clear browsing data button. In the new screen, make sure that the Browsing history item is selected, then press the Clear data button to remove all traces of the history.
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Clear history on Firefox
If we use the famous open source browser Mozilla Firefox, we can quickly delete the history by pressing the keyboard shortcuts CTRL + SHIFT + DELETE or ⌘ + SHIFT + DELETE (on Mac) and, from the window that will appear, select as time interval Everything, we add the check mark on Browsing and download history so we confirm the cancellation by clicking on the Cancel now button.To clear the history from the Mozilla Firefox app (available for Android and iOS), press on the three dots at the top right, select History and tap on the Delete history item, present at the bottom.
Clear history on Safari
Do we use the default browser on all Macs and MacBooks? In this case we can quickly delete the browsing history by opening the browser, clicking on History > Clear history at the top, then clicking on the pop-up menu and setting the desired time interval (for example Everything to clear the entire history) .
If, on the other hand, we want to clear the history of Safari on iPhone and iPad, go to the path of the Settings > Safari app and touch the item Clear website data and history.
Clear history on Microsoft Edge
Do we use the default web browser in Windows 10? In this case we can quickly delete the browsing history by pressing the CTRL + SHIFT + DEL key combinations, so as to make the left sidebar appear; from here, simply tick the item Browsing history, then click on the item Delete .If we use Microsoft Edge as an app for smartphones or tablets (available for both Android and iOS), we can clear the browsing history by pressing on the menu with the three dots at the bottom right, tapping on Settings and finally taking us to the Privacy -> Cancel path navigation data . In the new window, we place a check mark on the History item and finally we click on Cancel to start the procedure.
Clear history on Internet Explorer
The good old Internet Explorer is still used, in addition to being the default browser on Windows 7 and Window 8.1 (we can find it as a backup browser also on Windows 10). To clear the history, simply open the Windows Start menu, type Internet Options and open the program of the same name (actually one of the Control Panel tools).Once this window is open, we click on Delete, present under the Browsing history section, we put a check mark on the History item then we proceed with the cancellation by selecting the Delete button.
Clear histories on other browsers
On PC we can delete all the browser histories present or installed using the free CCleaner program.
Once started, it will allow you to delete all browser histories (even if not started), simply by selecting the History item under each browser on the Cleaning tab, pressing the Analyze button and then the Start cleaning button.
In a few seconds all the histories of the various browsers on the computer will be emptied, so as to avoid having to follow the manual procedure for each of them. To clean the operating system more thoroughly, we recommend you read our guide to the best free PC cleaning programs to eliminate unnecessary files (Windows) .
Conclusions
We have seen together all the quickest procedures to clear the history from the main web browsers, both for PC and Mac and for the apps available for Android and iOS.If you then want to erase all computer usage data, there are some programs to eliminate traces of what you do on your PC .
Still on the subject of browsers and security, we invite you to read our guides on how to block the saving of the visited sites in the browser history, how to delete the data of the visited sites every time you close Chrome or Firefox and finally how to delete the suggestions. from the address bar .
Similarly to how it happens for history, it is also possible to clear the cache of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and other browsers
Finally, we remind you that the sites opened with the incognito mode of the browser are not stored in the history, in addition there are several ways to make friends and guests use the PC separately and safely, without the possibility for them to see our private things.
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