Why clear the browsing history?
It is recommended to clear the browsing history regularly. Deleting it helps keep users' privacy when someone browses from a computer that anyone can use. The history can keep a user's login details and other strictly personal sensitive data.
What is the browsing history for?
Every action a user takes on the internet is recorded by the browser. This storage is done to optimise the experience of people searching on search engines. The browsing history can be opened with a keyboard shortcut or from the browser settings. The data is sorted in chronological order.
Delete the browsing history in Google Chrome
To delete the browsing history in Google Chrome, follow these steps:
1. Click the button with an icon of 3 vertically aligned dots. This button is at the top right of your screen, next to your sign-in avatar.
2. Hover over the "History" feature to display the History drop-down list. Then click "History".
3. You are taken to the history management page of your browser.
4. Then click the "Clear browsing data" button in the vertical menu on the left of your screen, to reach the data deletion features.
5. A new window appears showing the items to delete, with a time range to set. This range is the period over which browsing data is stored. Select "All time" from the "Time range" drop-down list. Tick the "Browsing history" box if it is not ticked by default.
6. Then click the "Clear data" button.
The browsing history of your Google Chrome browser is now deleted.
Delete the browsing history in Firefox
If you want to delete the browsing history in Firefox, follow these steps:
1. Move your mouse over the library icon to reach the history of the Firefox browser. This button is at the top right of the screen.
2. When you hover over the icon, a drop-down list appears. Move your cursor to the "History" feature, then you will see the "Clear recent history..." feature. Click this button to reach the browsing history management.
3. A new window appears. Select "Everything" in the "Time range to clear" field.
4. Tick the "Browsing & download history" box if it is not ticked by default.
5. Finally, click the "OK" button at the bottom right of the window.
Your browsing history in Firefox is now deleted.
Delete the browsing history in Microsoft Edge
To delete the browsing history in Microsoft Edge, follow these steps:
1. An icon with 3 small horizontal dots " ... " is displayed at the top right of your screen. Click this button to display the panel listing the features of the browser.
2. Click the "Settings" feature.
3. A new window shows all the settings of Microsoft Edge. Click "Privacy, search, and services" in the vertical menu on the left of your screen, below the "Profiles" feature.
4. Scroll down to the "Clear browsing data" section. Click the "Choose what to clear" button to display a window for managing browsing data.
5. Tick "Browsing history", then click the "Clear now" button.
Your browsing history in the Microsoft Edge browser is now completely deleted.
Delete the browsing history in Safari
Here are the steps to delete the browsing history in the Safari browser:
1. When you have opened a page in the Safari browser, click the "History" menu at the very top left of your screen.
2. A panel with a list of features appears. Click the "Clear History" feature.
3. In the "Clear" selector, choose "all history", then click the "Clear History" button.
The history in Safari has been completely cleared.
Delete the browsing history in Opera
Do you want to delete the browsing history in Opera? Follow the process step by step:
1. Click the "Settings" button in the vertical menu on the left of your screen. It is the button with a cogwheel icon. A settings window appears.
2. Scroll down the page to the "Privacy & security" section and click the "Clear browsing data" option.
3. A pop-up appears with the history management. Select "All time" in the selector and tick the "Browsing history" box if it is not ticked by default.
4. Click the "Clear data" button
Your browsing history in the Opera browser is now deleted.
