How do I delete my browser history?

This article discusses howclear the history of the following browsers: IE, Opera, Mozilla, Yandex, Chrome (Cromium), Safari. The instructions in the article are relevant, first of all, for the latest versions of browsers.

How to delete history in Internet Explorer?

In order to clear the history in IE version 9 and older, you need to do the following:

1. Click the "Tools" button and select the items: security, delete the browser history.
2. You can save cookies, as well as information from visited web pages that are listed in the favorites. To do this, check the box next to "Save selected web page data".
3. Select the items you want to delete and press the Delete key.

Microsoft Internet Explorer in the case ofWindows 7 sometimes gives an error when deleting history. In this case, you will need to change the Windows indexing settings, which you can read on the official website of the company.

For IE, it is recommended to clean the history regularly, because cached information can negatively affect its performance.

How to delete history in Opera?

In the Opera browser, the history is deleted as easily as in the previous case.

1. In the upper left corner you need to click the browser button, and then the context menu will appear.
2. Select the item "History" in it.
3. The history of visits will be opened, which is divided into categories.
4. Select any category, click on it and choose "Delete".

How to delete history in Mozilla?

Due to the fact that not only new (from 4 and higher), but also older versions (3.6 and below) are popular, you should consider the procedure for clearing the history for both variants.

Clear history for versions 4.0 and higher

1. Under the address of the web page, there is a menu bar, in which you need to click the "History" button.
2. In the window that opens, select the period for which you want to delete the history.
3. Select the items you want to delete. It should be remembered that when you delete cookies, the stored passwords are deleted.

Clear history for versions 3.6 and below

1. Select "Tools" in the menu bar.
2. Open the "Settings" menu.
3. Select the "Privacy" tab and then click on the highlighted "You can clear the recent history" icon.
4. Repeat the same steps as in step (3) of the previous instruction. The program will require confirmation and will notify you after a reboot.

How to delete history in Yandex?

In the case of the Yandex Browser, cleaning the history is reduced to an extremely simple scheme.

1. Click the gear icon in the right corner of the browser.
2. Select the "History" item and click "Clear history" in the window that opens.
3. Select the period and items you want to delete.

How do I delete history in Chrome (Chromium)?

Because Chromium is an open browsersource code and based on it were created Chrome and Yandex Browser, the actions for clearing the history in them are identical. Except for the design of the service button, which is three short bands.

How do I delete history in Safari?

For MacOS the latest version of the instruction is as follows:

1. In the browser window, select "History" from the main menu.
2. A context menu will open with the pages visited.
3. Select the bottom line "Clear history" in it.

As you can see, these instructions are almost identical to each other. Thus, if you mastered one browser, then you can easily figure out how to delete the history in any other.