Hiding your tracks on a mobile device
Apple Device – Safari
Deleting History
Find and open the ‘Settings’ app
Scroll down to the ‘Safari’ option
Tap “Clear History and Website Data”
Private Browsing
Find and open the ‘Safari’ app
Tap the ‘Double squares’ icon
Tap ‘Private’
Android – Chrome
Deleting History
Find and open ‘Chrome’
Tap on the 3 dots in the top right corner
Tap the “Settings” option
Scroll down to “Privacy” and tap it
Scroll down to the bottom and tab on “Clear borwsing data”
Private Browsing
Find and open ‘Chrome’
Tap on the 3 dots in the top right corner
Tap the “Incognito” option
Hiding your tracks on a desktop browser
Google Chrome
Deleting History
Click the 3 lines in the top right
Click on the ‘Settings’ option
Click on ‘History’
Now click “Clear browsing data” and select how far back you wish to delete
Private Browsing
Click the 3 lines in the top right
Click on “New incognito window”
Firefox
Deleting History
Click the 3 lines in the top right
Click on ‘Options’
Then click on ‘Privacy’
Now click “Clear your recent history” and select how far back you wish to delete
Private Browsing
Click the 3 lines in the top right
Click on “New Private Window”
Internet Explorer 6
Deleting History
Click on ‘Tools, then click on ‘Internet Options’
You should already be in the ‘General’ tab, click the ‘Delete Files’ button under the “Temporary Internet Files” section.
After this, go to another section called “History” and click the ‘Clear History’ button.
Internet Explorer 7 and 8
Deleting History
Click on the ‘Safety’ menu in the top right of the screen
Then click on the option ‘Delete Browsing History’
Private Browsing
Click on the ‘Safety’ menu in the top right of the screen
Then click on the option ‘InPrivate Browsing’
Internet Explorer 9
Deleting History
Click on the ‘Gear’ menu icon in teh top right of the screen
Select ‘Internet options’
In the ‘General’ page under ‘Browser History’, click ‘Delete’
Private Browsing
Click on the ‘Gear’ menu icon in the top right of the screen
Hover your cursor over the ‘Safety’ option
Click on the option “Start InPrivate Browsing”
Internet Explorer 10
Deleting History
Click on the ‘Gear’ menu icon in the top right of the screen
Click on ‘Internet options’
Then click ‘Browsing History’
And then delete your browsing history
Private Browsing
Click on the ‘Gear’ menu icon in the top right of the screen
Hover your cursor over the ‘Safety’ option
Click on the option “InPrivate Browsing”
EDGE
Deleting History
Click the 3 dots in the top right
Click ‘settings’
Click on “Clear browsing data” and select how far back you wish to delete
Private Browsing
Click the 3 dots in the top right
Click the ‘New InPrivate window’ option
Safari
Deleting History
Click on the Safari menu on the top left of the screen
Click “Reset Safari”
Private Browsing
Click on ‘File’ on the top left of the screen
Select “New Provate Window”
Opera
Deleting History
Click the ‘Privacy & security’ tab
Under ‘Privacy’ click the ‘Clear Browsing Data’ button
Private Browsing
Click ‘File’
And then click ‘New Private Window’
Deleting email history
Go to your ‘Sent items’ or ‘Inbox’ folders and click the red cross, or alternatively – right click the email and click ‘Delete’
Deleted emails will usually go to a ‘Deleted items’ folder, find this folder and delete the emails permanently as before.
