How do I clear my Internet browser history?

Microsoft Edge

Viewing History

1.       Open the Microsoft Edge browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + H to open the history menu.

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1.       Open the Microsoft Edge browser.

2.       In the upper right-hand corner, select the Hub  button.  

            

3.       Select the History  to view your browser history.

Delete History

1.       Open the Microsoft Edge browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + H to open the history menu.

3.       Select clear all history.

4.       Choose the appropriate boxes for types of data you'd like to clear.

5.       Select Clear.

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1.       Open the Microsoft Edge browser.

2.       In the upper right-hand corner, select the Hub  button.

3.       Select the History  to view your browser history.

4.       Select clear all history.

5.       Choose the appropriate boxes for types of data you'd like to clear.

6.       Select Clear.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Viewing History in Internet Explorer 7 and above

1.       Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

2.       Click Tools  in the upper right-hand corner.

3.       Select Internet Options from the drop-down menu.

4.       On the General tab, in the Browsing history section, click the Settings button.

5.       On the Temporary Internet Files tab, click the View Files button.

Viewing History in Internet Explorer 6.x

1.       Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

2.       In the toolbar at the top of the screen, click the Tools menu.

3.       In the drop-down menu, select Internet Options.

4.       Click the Settings button.

5.       Click the View Files button.

Delete History Using Shortcut Keys

1.       Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + Shift + Del to open the Delete Browsing History window.

3.       Check the boxes of the data you'd like to clear.

4.       Click Delete.

Delete History in Internet Explorer 7 and Above

1.       Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

2.       Click Tools  in the upper right-hand corner.

3.       Select Internet Options from the drop-down menu.

4.       On the General tab, in the Browsing history section, click the Delete button.

5.       Check the boxes of the data you'd like to clear.

6.       Click Delete.

Delete History in Internet Explorer 6 and Above

1.       Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

2.       In the toolbar at the top of the screen, click the Tools menu.

3.       In the drop-down menu, select Internet Options.

4.       Click the Clear Browser History button.

5.       Click the Delete Files button.

6.       Click OK.

Delete History in Internet Explorer 4.x

1.       Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

2.       Click the History icon.

3.       Click Clear Internet History.

4.       Click OK.

Delete History in Internet Explorer 3.02 and Lower

1.       Open the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

2.       In the toolbar, click the View menu.

3.       Click Options.

4.       Open the Advanced tab.

5.       Click the Settings tab.

6.       Click the Empty Folder button.

Mozilla Firefox

Viewing History

If you do not have a homepage set...

1.       Open the Firefox browser.

2.       Click the History button at the bottom of the browser window.

Or if you do have a homepage set...

1.       Open the Firefox browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + H to open the history bar on the left-hand side of the screen, or Ctrl + Shift + H to open the history window. 

You can also click the Hamburger Menu  icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen and select History in the menu.

Deleting History

1.       Open the Firefox browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + Shift + Del to open the Clear Recent History window.

3.       Select an option for Time range to clear.

4.       Click the arrow for Details and select the options to have cleared.

5.       Click the Clear Now button.

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1.       Open the Firefox browser.

2.       Click Menu  in the top right-hand corner of the screen.

3.       Click the History button.

4.       Click the Clear recent history option.

5.       Select an option for Time range to clear.

6.       Click the arrow for Details and select the options to have cleared.

7.       Click the Clear Now button.

Google Chrome

Viewing History

1.       Open the Chrome browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + H to open the left-side history bar.

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1.       Click the Wrench   or Menu  icon, which is located near the top-right side of the browser window.

2.       Click History.

Deleting History

1.       Open the Chrome browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + Shift + Del to open the Clear Browsing Data Window.

3.       Click the Clear browsing data button.

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1.       Click the Wrench  or Menu  icon, which is located near the top-right side of the browser window.

2.       Move your mouse over more tools and select Clear browsing data...

3.       Select how far back in your history you want to delete. You can choose from the past hour, the past day, the past week, the last four weeks, and the beginning of time.

4.       Select the types of history you would like to delete by checking or unchecking boxes on this list:

5.       Click the Clear browsing data button to delete the selected history for the chosen period.

Google Chrome on Android phone or tablet

Viewing and Deleting History

1.       Open the Chrome browser on your Android phone or tablet.

2.       Tap the Menu  icon in the top right corner of the screen next to the address bar.

3.       In the drop-down menu, tap History.

4.       Tap CLEAR BROWSING DATA... at the bottom of the screen.

5.       Select the appropriate boxes.

6.       Tap the Clear button.

Google Chrome on iPhone

1.       Open Google Chrome on your iPhone or iPad.

2.       Click in the Google search or URL bar at the top of the screen.

3.       A the bottom click View search history

4.       Click the CLEAR ALL at the top right of the screen.

5.       If you're sure click CLEAR ON-DEVICE HISTORY.

Opera

Viewing History

1.       Open the Opera Internet browser.

2.       Press Ctrl + H to open the History tab.

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1.       Open the Opera browser.

2.       Click the  in the upper left-hand corner of the window.

3.       From the drop-down menu, select History.

Deleting History

1.       Open the Opera browser.

2.       Click the  in the upper left-hand corner of the window.

3.       From the drop-down menu, select History.

4.       Click Clear browsing data...

5.       Next to Obliterate the following items from: click the down arrow and select the beginning of time.

6.       Check the appropriate boxes then click Clear browsing data.

Safari

Viewing History

1.       Open the Safari browser.

2.       In the menu bar at the top of the browser window, open the History menu.

3.       In the History menu, you will see the last 10 web pages you have visited listed. You should also see a menu option for each of the last 6 or 7 days, listing the web pages visited each of those days. By default, history is only kept for the last 7 days.

Deleting History

Depending on the version of Safari on your computer, follow one of the following two sets of instructions.

1.       Open the Safari browser.

2.       In the menu bar at the top of the browser window, open the Safari menu.

3.       Select Clear History and Website Data in the Safari menu.

4.       In the Clear drop-down list, select an option for how far back you want to delete history for: the last hour, today, today and yesterday, or all history.

5.       Click the Clear History button to clear browser history, as well as browser cookies and data.

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1.       Click on the Gear  icon, which is located near the top-right side of the browser window.

2.       Click the Reset Safari... link, which opens the window shown below. Uncheck any boxes whose content you do not want to delete and click the Reset button.

Safari on iPhone and iPad

Viewing and Deleting History

Note: The following instructions only work for iPhones and iPads with iOS 5.0 or later.

1.       Open the Safari browser.

2.       Scroll up until you see the address bar at the top of the screen and a toolbar on the bottom.

3.       On the toolbar at the bottom, click the fourth icon from the left that looks like a book.

4.       Click History.

5.       Click Clear in the lower right-hand side of the screen.

Netscape

Viewing History

1.       Open the Netscape browser.

2.       From the toolbar, click Edit, Preferences, History.

3.       Locate the folder in which Netscape is storing your files.

4.       Double click this folder within Explorer to view your browser history..

Deleting History

1.       Open the Netscape browser.

2.       From the toolbar, click Edit, Preferences, History.

3.       Click the Clear History button.

How to Remove a Saved Password from a Browser

Removing a Password from a Browser’s Saved Password List

Saving your Kerberos password in your Web browser’s saved password list can expose the data it protects to anyone else who uses your computer, and possibly to others on the Internet.

Mozilla Firefox

Windows

1. Click the menu button and choose Preferences.
2. Switch to the Security tab.
3. Click on Saved Logins….

To eliminate all existing saved passwords, click  Remove all.  To eliminate specific saved passwords, locate the site within the Site column and click on it once to highlight it in blue. Then click the Remove button below. You can also remove all saved passwords by clicking the Remove All button. If you wish, deselect the option to Remember logins for sites. This will prevent passwords from being saved in the future. In older versions of Firefox, this option is in the Privacy tab instead of Security.

Mac OS X

1. In the menu bar, open the Firefox menu.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Switch to the Security tab.
4. Click on Saved Passwords.

To eliminate all existing saved passwords, click  Remove all.  To eliminate specific saved passwords, click View Saved Passwords and delete just those associated with your sites.  If you wish, deselect the option to Remember passwords. This will prevent passwords from being saved in the future. In older versions of Firefox, this option is in the Privacy tab instead of Security.

Internet Explorer

To delete individual passwords:

1. Open the Tools menu.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Click Content.
4. Under AutoComplete, click Settings.
5. Click on Manage Passwords
6. Click on the Web Credentials Manager
7. Click on the drop down arrow by the web site you want to remove the password.
8. Click on Remove.

To delete all saved passwords:

1. Open the Tools menu.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Click Content.
4. Under AutoComplete, click Settings.
5. Click Delete AutoComplete history…

To prevent AutoComplete in the future, make sure AutoComplete is deselected for User names and passwords on forms, and then click on OK.

Chrome

1. Open the Chrome menu using the button on the far right of the browser toolbar.
2. Choose the Settings menu option (highlighted in blue).
   
3. Click the Show advanced settings… link located at the bottom of the page.
4. In the “Passwords and forms” section, click the Manage passwords link.
   
•  In the Passwords dialog that appears, hover over the site whose password you’d like to remove and click the X that appears.

Safari

1. Open the Safari menu.
2. Select Preferences.
3. Switch to the Autofill tab.
4. Click the Edit button for Usernames and Passwords

Opera

1. Open the Tools menu.
2. Select Advanced.
3. Click on Password Manager.

Why is my computer so slow?

There are many reasons a computer can be slower than when it was new. Windows computers tend to get slower over time as programs are added and removed and changes are made to the software and operating system. You can maintain it as much as you like but it always will get a little slower as its used. Think of it as a car that you tune up over and over but it never runs like it did when it was new. Many people will format their hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch every couple of years to keep things running smooth.

If you don't want to do that then you can perform various maintenance procedures like cleaning up unnecessary files such as temp files and log files. Windows has a built in disk cleanup utility or you can use a third party application like the free Ccleaner which does a better job. 

Another thing you can do is to defragment your hard drive on a regular basis to keep it optimized. Windows has a built in defragmenter or you can buy a third party program such as Diskeeper or PerfectDisk which will do a more thorough job.

One of the main reasons for computer slowdowns is caused by spyware infections that you get from downloading things from the internet that you may or may not even know were being installed. There are many free anti spyware/malware programs that you can download and install to scan your system for infections.

You may also want to check your startup items using the Windows System Configuration Utility or msconfig to see if there are any programs set to startup with your computer that you don’t want to start up that may be using resources and slowing it down.