How Do I Delete My Personal History?
There are as many ways as there are reasons to cover your tracks on the internet. You'll want to cover your tracks especially if the data found might be incriminating or difficult to explain. There is a manual way to clear your personal history, and also software that can make the process easier.
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Instructions
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Manual Way
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In Mozilla Firefox, go to the "Tools" section on the toolbar at the top. Under "Tools," click "Clear Recent History." This will delete all your browsing history. In the future, if you wish to have this done automatically, you can open a private browser. Go to "Tools," and click on "Start Private Browsing." A private browser allows you to search the internet and have all your data erased after you close the window.
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In Internet Explorer, bring up the Safety menu under the tool bar at the top of the browser. Hit the "Delete Browsing History" option and all the data that was collected and saved is deleted.
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In Google Chrome, click on the the Tools icon, which is a little blue wrench. Click the "Tools" menu. Select options and go to under the hood tab. Now click "Clear browsing Data" and select the "Clear Browsing History" option. Select the period in which you wish to delete the data up until and then click "Clear Browsing Data."
Software
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Shadow Professional by Systenance Software Solution keeps all your browsing, documents and files private. The software also covers your tracks and keeps your viewed information secure. Press the software's play button to keep all data private and a stop button to start recording data again. The software has an extensive manual deleter that works with multiple application to cover your personal history. Shadow Professional cost $39.95 as of March 2010.
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Window Washer by Webroot is a simple program that cleans the entire computer of private data. It works similarly to anti-virus program Spy Sweeper. It deletes personal history along with computer history and cost $29.95 as of March 2010.
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CyberScrub Privacy Suite 5.1 is another privacy software that covers up your personal history. It has a bunch of little extras such as shredding documents beyond recovery. There are password protection and hidden files and folders as well. This program uses many step-by-step wizards to help you. CyberScrub Privacy Suite 5.1 cost $59.95 in March 2010.
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Evidence Eliminator by Robin Hood Software is a privacy software with one-click cleaning options. Evidence Eliminator offers a stealth mode as well as numerous other options. It cost $99.95 as of March 2010.
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Tips & Warnings
Be careful what you delete with this software because there is no way of retrieving the files once they're gone.
References
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