When you browse the web, it’s normal for your browser to keep track of where you went. This is useful to find something later or accidentally close the page.
However, it’s also important to delete this information occasionally for privacy and security reasons. This article will show you how to do so with Google Chrome on your computer or phone.
Clear Browsing History
Nearly every browser, including Google Chrome, keeps a history of websites you visit. This is useful because it lets you find things you might have overlooked, but it also means that anyone with access to your device can track your web activities.
Clearing browsing history is an excellent way to protect your privacy and improve data security. But you should always do it carefully so that traces of your online activity can’t be reviewed.
To clear your history, open Chrome on a PC or Android tablet and tap the three dots at the top-right corner of the screen. From there, select History and then Clear browsing data.
Clear Search History
Google Chrome stores a lot of information about you and your browsing habits. This includes your search history, which shows the queries you’ve made in the past and the web pages you’ve visited.
While this data can help help you find what you’re looking for, it can also create privacy issues. Clearing your Google search history can be a great way to keep your online activity private.
Using Chrome, you can delete your search history on a desktop or laptop computer. To do this, open the browser and select the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the window.
A pop-up window will appear, allowing you to choose a time range and specify what items you want to remove. Click Clear data to complete the process.
Clear Bookmarks
Chrome bookmarks are easy to tag pages you want to visit again. However, they can become a little too much over time, and now and then, it’s good to clear out all your bookmarks and start fresh.
Thankfully, Google Chrome makes it easy to delete bookmarks in one swoop. You can use the three-dot menu icon next to a bookmark (or right-click it) or type “chrome://bookmarks” into the URL field and launch the Bookmark manager.
A bookmark manager is a handy tool that allows you to view, manage, and delete all your saved bookmarks. It also lets you export your bookmarks and transfer them to other web browsers.
Clear Cache
Like most web browsers, Chrome stores a lot of data – images, form data, and so on – for each website you visit to load faster when you return. It’s a handy feature but uses up some storage space.
Clearing this cache can free up some space, which may help to speed things up again. But clearing out your histories can also create minor inconveniences, such as losing saved forms and passwords that may need to be entered the next time you log into a website.
On Google Chrome, the best way to clear the cache is to navigate to More Tools > Clear Browsing Data. You can remove Cookies and Other Site Data, Cached images, files, or both here.