Deleting browser Cache without softwareIf you are like the majority of people, you surf the internet on a shared computer. You might know already, but if you don’t: Everywhere that you go your computer is keeping record of; leaving your finger tips all over the place for others to find.
There are a few quick and simple things that you can do to remove these traces, without buying any software, that a lot of people advertise.
Under normal settings your Internet browser is always storing your browsing history, cached files of pages, and saved form information. These are three simple places to get busted for your past browsing habits. These things are all meant to make your browsing experience quicker, and more convenient but they can also become a nuisance when you don’t want other people to know where you are:
Cache is an actual stored copy of a web page that sits on your local computer, so that your browser can load it rather than always downloading pages from the Internet.
History is the browsers way of tracking where you have been both in the address bar to help make future url input quicker, but also to help you retrace and find pages that you recently visited.
Saved form information is a very handy tool that allows the browser to remember what you enter into forms, to help speed it up the next time that you use a form.
Removing Traces from Internet explorer
- Open Internet Explorer
- Go to “Tools” – > “Internet Options” in the Menu Bar
- Select “Delete Files”
- In the pop-ip select “Delete all offline content”
- Next select “Clear History”
- At the top select the “Content” tab
- Select “AutoComplete”
- Select “Clear Forms” (You might even want to turn it off altogether)
- Your done – Internet Explorer is clean!
Removing Traces from Mozilla Firefox
- Open Mozilla Firefox
- Go to “Tools” – > “Options…” in the Menu Bar
- Select “Privacy” on the left hand side.
- Clear “History”
- Clear “Saved Form Information”
- Clear “Download Manager History”
- Clear “Cache”
- * You might even want to clear your cookies, but note that often times useful information such as remembered logins,etc are stored here. – At your own Risk!
- Done!
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