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Clear All Browsing History in Safari

If you share a computer you know how important it is to keep your personal data and surfing habits private.  You could always use the Private Browsing feature, but what if you forget?  You can clear your session data by using the Reset feature in Safari.

 

Click on Edit and choose Reset Safari…

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You then get this confirmation screen where you can decide what to keep and what needs to go.  Keep in mind that once you hit the Reset button there is no turning back. 

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A quick way to verify it worked is to check the History.  Looks like all is clear.

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This article was originally written on 06/16/07 Tagged with: Apple

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Comments (1)

  1. abdul

    the advice above on how to clear your history etc from the safari browser doesn’t work. I’ve tried it all. Resetting safari, emptying cache, switching off all the 3 choices in preferences under autofill but it still manages to find my history when i start to type in the google search bar. From what I can find even turning on private browsing isn’t really so private.

    Abdul


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