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August 22, 2013

How do I delete browsing history and clear cookies on my browser

Browsing history is a lists of websites saved in any internet browser every time the user surf the net. This is to provide a go back to pages that the user previously visited. It is saved based on months for Firefox Mozilla and date, time for Chrome.

On the other hand, a cookie or other call it browser cookie is a small piece of text file saved on to the users  PC everytime the user load a website. The purpose of this is to store the informations like users preferred language and settings so that everytime the user visit the same site, there's no need to manually configured again the user preferred settings to that site.

For safety and security purposes, the user needs to delete it all. Here's how to do it,


For FireFox Mozilla browser
Step 1. Press "Ctrl" + "Shift" + "Delete".

Step 2. A "Clear Recent History" window will pop up. Under "Time range to clear" dropdown button, the user has 3 options what range of history to be deleted.

Step 3. Click "Details" dropdown button, be sure "Browsing & Download History" and "Cookies" are selected
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Step 4. Click "Clear Now" button.


For Chrome browser
Step 1. Press "Alt" + "E" to pop up menu.

Step 2. Select "Settings", scroll to bottom of the page and click "Show advance settings..."

Step 3. Click "Clear browsing data..." and go to "Privacy"

Step 4. Under "Privacy", click "Clear browsing data..." button

Step 5. A new window "Clear browsing data" will pop up, checked "Clear browsing history" and "Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data".

Step 6. Click "Clear browsing data" button.


For Internet Explorer browser
Step 1. On the menu bar, Press "Ctrl" + "Shift" + "Delete".

Step 2. On the "Delete Browsing History" window, checked "Preserve Favorites website data" and "Cookies".

Step 3. Click "Delete" button.

All of the above steps are based on updated browser that I have, it is not guarantee that this steps will still be valid for any future browser update release. Cheers!

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