Many novice users do not know how to clear browsing history in a particular browser. In addition, they do not understand what benefit can be derived from the history of visited pages. We will help them understand these issues.
First of all, imagine the situation that you need to find some website where you read an interesting and useful article. You forgot to add it to your browser’s “Bookmarks”, which is why the history section of the web browser will help here. Opening it, you can easily find the site you were looking for.
However, sometimes this section of the browser needs to be cleaned, because over time a lot of information accumulates here. As a result, finding the right resource can take quite a while.
So, the introduction was delayed, so let's get down to business.
How to clear browsing history in Google (Google Chrome browser)
Of course, Google Chrome is today the most popular web browser. Its speed won the hearts of many users, and especially those who previously worked in the Internet Explorer browser.
Despite such popularity, not all "users" know how to delete the browsing history in "Chrome". But in vain, because, as already mentioned earlier, sometimes this operation still needs to be carried out.
So, in order to clear your browsing history in Google Chrome, follow these steps:
Open a web browser and access its menu.
You are interested in the “History” item, so we select it.
Now you can delete individual web pages that you viewed.
If you want to get rid of the whole story at once, then click on the "Clear History" button.
Check the box with the desired option, and then set the time period.
The last thing you need to do is click on “Clear History”. All! The operation is completed.
Web browser Opera
Opera is another popular browser that will delight you with its page loading speed, simple interface and nice design. You already know how to clear your browsing history in Chrome, so let's look at a similar procedure in this browser.
The sequence of steps that will help you delete a story in Opera is as follows:
Open a browser and click on the button in the left corner to open the menu.
Select the "History" section.
On the page that opens, you can selectively delete web pages by moving the cursor to its name and clicking the cross.
In the case when it is necessary to completely delete all information, click on the button on the right “Clear browsing history”.
Further actions completely coincide with the Google Chrome browser.
By the way, the “H” and “Ctrl” keys combination will help you quickly go to the “History” section, which is suitable for all web browsers. In addition, you can use the Delete, Shift, and Ctrl buttons.
"Yandex browser"
This browser from the search giant Yandex has some similarities with Google Chrome. They both work on the basis of the Chromium “engine”, and individual interface elements are made in the same style. Of course, Yandex.Browser has its own distinctive "chips", but we will not talk about them in this article.
So, to clear the browsing history in this web browser, use the following algorithm of actions:
- Access the browser menu by clicking on the button with the image of three lines.
- Select the "History" section, and then go to the "History Manager".
- If you want, for example, to clear your YouTube browsing history, hover over the page of the same name and open the drop-down menu. Here indicate the option “Another story on the site”. Now check all the web pages and click “Delete Selected Elements”.
If you want to clear the entire history, click the corresponding button on the right.
Conclusion
You have learned how to clear browsing history in several popular browsers. Now you can do this operation in any of them. But remember that in some cases you should not delete all the information. First of all, make sure that all the sites you are interested in are added to your Bookmarks.