How To Clear Google History

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Today, maintaining our privacy and keeping our personal information safe is harder than it has ever been before. The digital age has made just about everything else in our lives easier and we often forget just how unsafe it can be to use a computer for personal purposes. If you are sharing a computer with anyone, even a family member, it often becomes necessary to use safeguards to ensure your information remains safe. This is even true for the searches you perform using Google. Learning how to clear Google history is an important part of keeping your personal life personal.

Whenever you perform a search on Google, the search word or phrases is automatically saved †unless you have disabled this feature. The next time you †or someone else †performs a search, these phrases and words will be visible. Google will even ‘suggest’ similar searches based on the first few letters you enter into the search box. This can lead to some embarrassing situations. Deleting this history is actually simple.

If you are using Internet Explorer, the following steps will ...
... delete your history:

1. Open your browser
2. Click on the ‘Tools’ button
3. Click on ‘Internet Options’
4. Click on ‘Content’
5. On the personal information tab, select the option labeled ‘auto complete’
6. Click on ‘Clear Forms’ to clear your history
7. To permanently disable the feature uncheck the box labeled ‘Forms.’

If you are using FireFox, the following steps will delete your history

1. Open your browser
2. Click on the ‘Tools’ option
3. Click on ‘options’
4. Click on ‘privacy
5. To delete current history, click on clear in the ‘saved form information’ section
6. To permanently disable the feature, uncheck the box located next to ‘save information I enter in web page forms and the search bar’

Knowing how to delete your Google search history isn’t enough. Unless you have disabled the feature that saves your searches, these steps must be preformed every time you finish a search session. Because many people find this process cumbersome or forget to perform it completely, it really is a good idea to disable the feature if you are able to.

Safe Internet practices should be a part of your every day life. Learning how to protect your information and even ‘hide your tracks’ while you are surfing the Internet will allow you to have a safe experience and can protect you from possibly embarrassing situations. Make it a regular practice to delete your search history and browser history. Never allow your computer to store user IDs or passwords †doing so will grant anybody you uses your computer to access your accounts. Be sure to use passwords that cannot be easily guessed, and when making purchases online, be sure you are working with a reputable and safe company. Spending just a little time developing a safe processes for your surfing will protect you not only from aggravations and embarrassment †it can actually protect your personal identification information.