Web browsers record your activity for a reason.
Luckily, all web browsers today allow users to simply clear browser history.
What does your browser record?
Before you start managing the data stored in your web browser, you need to know what data is and how it works.
First and everyone knows, browser history is a list of websites you have visited in the past.
Next are Cookies, these are files created by the website you visited to store browsing information.
Finally, there is `cache`, the web browser uses cache as temporary memory in the computer.
Private or anonymous mode
For those worried about privacy, modern web browsers allow you to surf the web in so-called private or incognito mode.
However, its disadvantage is also its advantage.
How to delete browser history in any browser
It doesn’t matter which browser you’re using, they’re all designed to easily clear your history in minutes.
In Google Chrome, click on the three dots to the right of the address bar to open, then select Settings.
Mozilla Firefox users can click the three horizontal lines to the right of the address bar to open the Firefox menu, then click Options (Preferences on the macOS version).
If you’re using Apple Safari on macOS, you can clear your browsing history by opening Safari’s menu, then clicking clear history.
Windows 10 users who are provided with the Microsoft Edge browser can clear browsing data by clicking the three dots to the right of the address bar, then selecting Settings in the menu bar that appears.
In case you still use Internet Explorer, you can clear your browser history by clicking the cog icon in the top right corner, then selecting Internet Options.
Finally, for the Opera browser, click Menu at the top left of the screen.