How to Delete Your Safari History on a Mac

Protect your privacy by clearing your Safari browser history regularly.

The history in your web browser makes life easier when you can't quite remember the name of a website you visited recently. However, it can also reveal information about you that you would prefer to keep private. Safari, the web browser included with the Mac OS X operating system, allows you to clear your history information at any point with a simple menu command. Clearing your Safari history eliminates web addresses you visited previously and clears out old information from search bars.

Instructions

1. Go to Safari's "History" menu.

2. Select "Clear History."

3. Click the "Clear" button in the on screen prompt to confirm that you want to clear the history.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are working on a public computer, go to the "Safari" menu and select "Private Browsing." When Private Browsing is active, Safari does not save the information you enter in the browser to the history.

• Set Safari to automatically clear the history daily, weekly, monthly or yearly by going to the "Safari" menu and opening "Preferences."

References

• Apple Support: Mac 101-Safari 4

Resources

• Apple Support: Safari