How To Delete Browsing History Of Your Web Browser

Each time you use your Internet browser, it is very important that you delete the browsing history after logging off. You will also prevent others to get their hands on the personal information you may have inadvertently saved in your Internet browser while surfing the Internet.

Most websites you visit will leave cookies on your computer to monitor your online activities and gather information about you. Your IM clients record their conversations.

Google and other search engine companies keep supercomputers for the sole purpose of collecting information based on their research.

It is very easy a task to delete your browsing history, although the forms vary by browser. Here's how.

Clear Internet Explorer browsing history

If you are a Windows user and have your Windows Update enabled, your computer would have downloaded and installed Internet Explorer 8. This latest version of Microsoft's own Web browser history clearly much easier navigation.

To delete your browsing history in Internet Explorer 8, all you need to do is click on the Security menu in the toolbar. Click "Delete browsing history" from the dropdown menu and you are done.

You can also configure Internet Explorer to do this automatically for you. To do this, click the Tools menu and click Internet Options. This will open a dialog box with tabs. On the General tab, check the "Delete browsing history on exit."

It is recommended that you check everything - temporary internet files, cookies, history, form data and passwords - if you are using a shared computer.

Clear Firefox browsing history

Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular alternative to Internet Explorer. As with Internet Explorer, it is also fairly easy to delete your browsing history in Firefox.

To delete your browsing history in Firefox, you must click on the Tools menu. In the resulting drop-down menu, select the "Clear Recent History" command. This will remove all data from your saved Web browser while browsing the Internet.

In the dialog box, select the Privacy tab and select the option that says "Clear history when Firefox closes."

You can further refine by clicking the Settings button. Make sure you have a check mark next to the browsing history, cookies, cache, history, download Active Logins, form and search history, and saved passwords.

It is not so difficult to erase your browsing history every time you close your browser.