How to Delete Web Searches & Search History

Every browser includes options to remove private data in a few mouse clicks.

Browsers store information about your Web browsing such as sites and pages visited, data typed into forms such as search engines and personal preferences such as online account log-in details. However, if you work on a public computer then anyone else can view this information and find out what you have been surfing, including the Web searches you have done. Fortunately, every browser also includes options to remove such private data in a few mouse clicks.

Instructions

Intenet Explorer

1. Open the browser and click the "Tools" menu option.

2. Select "Delete Browsing History."

3. Click "Delete forms" and "Delete history" buttons (or check boxes next to "Forms" and History" and then click "Delete."

4. Click "Close."

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open the browser and click the "Tools" menu option.

2. Select "Clear Private Data."

3. Check "Saved form and Search history" and "History" boxes, and then click "Clear Private Data Now."

Safari

1. Open the browser and click the "Edit" menu option.

2. Select "Preferences" and click the "AutoFill" tab.

3. Click "Edit" next to "Other forms" and then click "Remove All." Click "Done."

4. Click the "Edit" file menu option and select "Reset Safari."

5. Check "Clear History," "Empty Cache," "Remove other AutoFill form text," "Clear Google searches" and click "Reset."

References

• Clear-History: Clear Internet Explorer History
• Clear-History: How to Clear Firefox History
• Clear-History: How to Clear Safari History

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish