How to clear your browsing history

Clearing your browsing history regularly is recommended. Whether you want to clear your browsing history for privacy and security reasons or you just want to keep your browser running smoothly; it is easy to clear the browsing history. Here you'll find the way to clear and delete your browsing history in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Netscape, Opera, and Google Chrome.

To clear your browsing history in Internet Explorer:

The easiest way to clear your browsing history in Internet Explorer is to open Internet Explorer. Once opened you'll want to select 'Tools' in the menu bar, then select 'Delete Browsing History'. You'll have the option to 'Delete All' or you can delete just the 'History'. Deleting all will clear your cache including cookies, saved passwords, forms, and temporary internet files. You may be prompted to restart Internet Explorer.

To clear your browsing history in Mozilla Firefox:

In Firefox, there are multiple ways to clear your browsing history; the following way to deleting browsing history is the easiest and most common way to do so.

Open up Firefox and when it is open, you'll want to select 'Tools', then select 'Clear Private Data'. A window will pop up and give you the option to check or uncheck various items to clear. These will include Browsing History. If you want to clear only Browsing History, you can uncheck all the other options. You can also choose to check all the options or whichever ones you'd like to clear. When you've checked off the items that you want to be cleared, select 'Clear Private Data Now'. You may be prompted to restart Firefox.

Mac users may see a 'Preferences' option instead of 'Tools' when looking for the 'Clear Private Data' menu. This may vary based on your version and any Firefox add-ons on your system.
To clear your browsing history in Safari:

First you'll want to open Safari. Once opened, select 'History' in the browser menu bar. You'll see a list of the most recently visited sites and below that you'll see an option for 'Clear History'. Selecting that option will automatically clear your browsing history and you'll notice that all the recently visited websites will be gone from the 'History' menu as well.

To clear your browsing history in Netscape:

Netscape users after opening Netscape will want to select the 'Edit' option in the menu bar. Under 'Edit', select 'Preferences', then select 'History'. A 'Clear History' button will be available and clicking that will clear Netscape's browser history.

To clear your browsing history in Opera:
First open up Opera. Once opened, select 'File' from the menu bar. Then select 'Preferences' followed by 'History'. Once in 'History', you'll see an 'Empty Now' button. Clicking on that button will effectively clear the browsing history in Opera.

To clear your browsing history in Google Chrome:

Chrome will only delete browsing history in the last 24 hours by default. Users who want to clear the entire browsing history in Google Chrome will need to launch the program and the select the 'Tools' menu. Under tools, select 'Clear Browsing Data'. There will be a drop down menu called 'Clear data from this period'. Select that drop down menu and select the 'everything' option. When you click 'Clear Browsing Data', all the browsing history in Google Chrome will be cleared.

These are simple and quick ways to clear browsing history in a variety of internet web browsers. Depending on your operating system and software version of the browsers, you may be able to select more custom options including automatic browser history clearing. All of the above methods are manual, and should be done weekly or whenever you want to keep your browsing private.