Quick way to clear browser history.

self | 1/13/2024 | self

[Signalman]

For those who aren't aware, this is a fast, easy way to clear your browser history on your Windows OS desktop/tablet computer.

1. Bring up your browser.

2. Press cntrl-shift-delete simultaneously. This will bring up the "privacy cleaner-clear browsing data"

3. Select "Clear Browsing History" and choose the time-range (how far back in time you want the history to be cleared.) Click "Clear Data".

This should work for all, or most, browsers.

[Delta 21]

My default is 3 days for keeping history. You dont need all that crap on you machine.

[Openurmind]

Keeping in mind it has already been uploaded to your cloud account and archived whether you want it to or not. Even if you tell it not to. Everything you do on MS belongs to MS.

[Red Badger]

Easier to just have it deleted upon exiting.............

[Pollard]

Cool, it works, even on Waterfox on Linux. This is all I would use it for.

I prefer to be able to search my history for a page I visited two months ago.

[GOPJ]

Thanks

[SunkenCiv]

for Brave and other chromium browsers:

chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

[Robert DeLong]

Sure enough, thanks for the tip. 🙂

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[1FreeAmerican]

CTRL H is pretty easy...

[1FreeAmerican]

So what happens if the user acct. has not set up anything like email, user name, MS account...?

[cymbeline]

What about using the private window feature?

[verum ago]

Too late, she knows

[Openurmind]

“So what happens if the user acct. has not set up anything like email, user name, MS account...?”

MS “phones home” anyhow. This has been a dirty little secret for years now. We have always figured that is why it takes so long to boot up and shut down. And why they are now forcing an internet connection on everyone to use it.

[Openurmind]

But to be fair, they are not the only ones. If you have any Google apps installed on your machine they do it also.

[nicollo]

Not my worry: I kinda enjoy advertisers wasting money on me. Their choice, not mine.

[The Mayor]

book mark

[minnesota_bound]

Thanks for the tip.