How to delete history in July. How to delete history in Yandex

Internet connection becomes more and more necessary every year. Using the Internet, a person can download or stream multimedia files, work, communicate via voice call or video. If just recently, the presence of a personal computer did not mean that the user had the Internet, but now it is almost impossible to imagine a personal computer without an Internet connection.

Sometimes working on the Internet requires privacy from the user. Whether it's a home computer or a work machine in the office. Modern technologies, when working with a computer, significantly increase user comfort, however, at the same time, data becomes more vulnerable. Regular synchronization and saving of passwords in cloud search engine services puts a person before the choice of whether to work comfortably or safely.

Browsing history is generally a characteristic feature of Windows operating systems. You can even view the history in . To do this, select “ Recent Places» in the left pane of File Explorer.

After going to this section, a list of recently opened directories and multimedia files will open in the window. To clear this list, left-click on the free space and select the option “ Clear list of recent items».

Why do you need history in the browser?

To view website pages, a person needs to install a special program on his computer that converts html code, scripts and graphic files into a readable format.

These programs are called, the most popular of which are: Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Each of these programs saves the user's browsing history and passwords. In addition, other data is saved, such as the user's location, autocomplete, the user's IP address and even the MAC address of the network card. All this data is stored in special files called “cookies”. If necessary, a particular site may require cookies, thereby regularly gaining access to the user's confidential data.

The easiest way to leave no trace on the Internet

One of the most popular browsers today is Google Chrome. And it is thanks to him that a person can work on the Internet without leaving unnecessary data. To do this, just right-click on any link and select “”, after which all subsequent actions will not leave cookies and visit history in the system.

However, this method is still far from complete anonymity. Tor Browser can be considered a truly anonymous browser, which not only deletes all saved data after closing the program, but also completely hides the user’s IP address.

At the moment, it is the leader among all browsers for confidential work on the Internet. Unfortunately, this application has one huge drawback, namely, low speed.

Selective history deletion

Sometimes, when using the browser for a long time, problems may arise. The site is not displayed for no apparent reason, the correct password does not work, etc.

Such failures are sometimes resolved by deleting cookies. However, if you regularly clear your history, it is not at all necessary to delete cookies and saved passwords.

In any browser, when clearing history, you can select with checkmarks those items that should be deleted. At the same time, deleting data about viewed resources, a person leaves saved passwords on social networks and other sites.

Not many people use this browser, and yet, installing Internet Explorer by default in any version of Windows helps the application retain a certain circle of users.

To clear the history in the pre-installed browser, go to the “ Safety" and select the item " Delete browsing history».

In the window that appears, the user selects the data that should be deleted. By default, the data that will least affect the further operation of the application is selected.

To delete only your visit history, you need to leave one single checkmark on the “ Magazine", then click on the " Delete».

Many users complained about the complexity of the interface of this browser. Apparently, the developers met the users halfway and redesigned the interface, making it as simple as possible. To delete history, you need to click on the “ Magazine" and select the section " Delete recent history».

In the window that appears, the person selects for what period of time the history needs to be cleared.

To select additional options, you need to expand the menu “ Details» and uncheck those items that should not be deleted.

Clearing history in the Opera Browser is not much different from previous programs. To delete history, you need to call up the menu and go to the “ Story", then select " Clear browsing history».

In a new window, the user selects the period of time for which the history should be cleared and the items that will be deleted. By default, all sections are selected, including cookies and saved passwords.

In the Google Chrome browser there are several ways to clear history, the easiest one is to go to settings, move to the bottom of the menu and press the " Additional", then select the section " Clear the history».

In the window that appears, you can select the history clearing period and the items that should be deleted. Unlike other browsers, under each item it is indicated how many passwords the browser has remembered and how much space the browsing history takes up.

Surely every Google Chrome user uses his Gmail account to synchronize passwords with Google services.

In this case, the person must understand that the browsing history is also saved in the user’s personal account.

To delete your browsing history from your Google account, you need to call “ Google Apps"(nine squares on the main page of the Google search engine)

and go to the section " My account", then select the item " View activities».

This section stores the history of visiting sites; to delete it, you need to call up the left menu, indicated by three horizontal lines, and go to the section “ Select uninstall option».

In a new window, you can select the period, history deletion, and service in which to delete browsing data.

In addition to Chrome, through this menu you can delete history in all Google services, including Android applications.

However, it should be noted that unless unnecessary, you should not resort to clearing history too often, because unlike Windows temporary files, browser history does not take up that much space.

If you want to hide your visits to certain resources, it is not at all necessary to delete the entire history. Sometimes clearing the last few sites is enough. Moreover, they do not have to be the last; individual history deletion can be done in a chaotic manner.

The browser stores data about all sites visited by the user. They can be quickly and completely deleted, and you can even make sure that entries are not entered into the journal.

Clearing the log

Every web browser has a built-in feature to clear your browsing history. The order of its launch may differ in the desktop and mobile versions. It is not necessary to delete all entries. You can only erase individual sites by clicking on the trash can icon next to their addresses.

Google Chrome

To delete your browsing history on your computer:

On Android and iOS the procedure is similar. There is a section in the browser menu through which you can view and clear the log.

Mozilla Firefox

To delete in the desktop version:

In the mobile version, click on the button in the form of three dots and go to the “History” section or select the tab of the same name on the main screen.

Opera

To delete data in the desktop version of Opera:

1. Open the menu, go to Settings.
2. Select the “History” tab and click on the “Clear” item.
3. Specify the period to be erased.

In the Opera mobile web browser, open the menu and select the “History” section. Click on the button with three dots and tap “Clear”.

Internet Explorer

To quickly clear data, click on the gear and expand the “Security” section. Inside you will see a “Delete Log” option.

Make sure the Log option is checked and click Delete.

Microsoft Edge

Find the icon in the top panel that looks like three stripes or a star (depending on the build of Windows 10) and click on it. Go to the "Log" tab.

Delete records one at a time or click “Clear” and erase all information for a certain period.

Safari

To clear your browsing history in Safari on macOS, open the History section in the menu bar and select Clear. Select the period for which you want to delete data.

To delete history on an iPhone or iPad, open iOS settings, select the Safari section and click on “Clear history and website data.”

Chromium

The desktop version of Chromium performs the same actions as Google Chrome. In the main menu there is a “History” section, after opening which you can see a list of visited sites. To erase individual entries, click on the trash can icon next to the address. To delete all records for a certain period, click “Clear”.

Yandex browser

In the desktop version of Yandex Browser:

1. Open the main menu, expand the “History” section and select the item of the same name.
2. Click "Clear".
3. Specify the time period.
4. Confirm cleaning.

In the mobile version, call the main menu and open “Settings”. In the Privacy field, click Clear Data. Check "History" and confirm clearing.

Amigo

In the desktop version:

1. Open the main menu.
2. Go to "History".
3. Click Clear.
4. Select the period you want to erase.
5. Confirm cleaning.

To delete entries in mobile Amigo, open the main menu, select the “History” section. Click on the button with three dots and select "Clear".

Using Hot Keys

To avoid searching for the section with clearing the log, use hotkeys.

• Ctrl+Shift+Del - combination for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Chromium, Yandex Browser and Amigo on Windows.
• ⌘ + Shift + Delete - for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Chromium, Yandex Browser and Amigo on macOS.

In Safari, the hotkeys to open the clear history window do not work. But you can do it differently: open the main menu and click “Clear history”. Without hotkeys, but also a very fast way.

Cleaning with CCleaner

If you have several browsers installed on your computer and you want to clear their logs at the same time, use the free CCleaner utility.

1. Launch CCleaner.
2. On the Cleaning tab, open the Applications section.
3. Check the "History" option in all installed browsers.
4. Click Analyze.
5. Wait for the scan to finish.
6. Confirm deletion.

Please note: Internet Explorer is listed under System, not Applications, as it is an integral part of Windows.

Be careful when cleaning browsers using CCleaner. Mark only the data that can be deleted - list of views, downloads, cache. It is not recommended to erase sessions, auto-fill forms, or saved passwords, as this may cause inconvenience in the future use of the web browser.

Disabling history saving

Instead of clearing the log after each session, you can open tabs in incognito mode so that the data is not saved. In desktop versions of the browser, you can launch private mode through the main menu or using hotkeys. Almost all browsers on Windows use the combination Ctrl+Shift+n. The exception is Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, in which the combination Ctrl+Shift+p works. In browsers on macOS you need to press Command+Shift+n.

Lists of open files and devices connected via USB, browser history, DNS cache - all this helps to find out what the user was doing. We have compiled step-by-step instructions on how to remove traces of your activities in different versions of Windows, Office and popular browsers. At the end of the article you will find several scripts that will help you automatically keep your machine clean.

1. Clear lists of recent places and programs

Let's start cleaning with lists of recent places and programs. The list of recent (in Windows 10 - frequently used) programs is in the main menu, and the list of recent places is in Explorer.

How to turn off this disgrace? In Windows 7, right-click on the “Start” button, select “Properties” and in the window that appears, uncheck both boxes in the “Privacy” section.

To clear the list of recent places and documents, you need to delete the contents of the %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent directory. To do this, open the command line and run two commands:

Cd %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent echo y | del *.*

It also wouldn't hurt to delete the contents of the %appdata%\microsoft\windows\recent\automaticdestinations\ directory. It stores the latest files that appear in the jump list:

Cd %appdata%\microsoft\windows\recent\automaticdestinations\ echo y | del *.*

To ensure that recent files are cleared automatically when you exit, you must enable the "Clear the history of recently opened documents on exit" policy, which is located in the "User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar" section.

Now let's move on to Windows 10. You can disable the list of recently added and frequently used applications through the Settings window. Open it and go to the “Personalization” section, “Start”. Turn off everything that is there.

It seems that the problem has been solved, but this, alas, is not entirely true. If you enable these parameters again, then all lists with the same composition will appear again. Therefore, you will have to disable this feature through Group Policy. Open gpedit.msc and go to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar. Enable the following policies:

• “Clearing the list of recently used programs for new users”;
• “Clear history of recently opened documents on exit”;
• “Clear notification log on tile when exiting”;
• “Remove the list of programs pinned to the Start menu.”

Clearing recent places in Windows 10 is easier than in Windows 7. Open File Explorer, go to the View tab and click the Options button. In the window that appears, disable the “Show recently used files in the Quick Access Toolbar” and “Show frequently used folders in the Quick Access Toolbar” options. Don't forget to click the "Clear" button.

As you can see, such a simple task as cleaning up the last objects has a rather complicated solution. Without editing group policies - nowhere.

2. Clear the list of USB drives

At some sensitive facilities, only flash drives registered in the log are allowed to be connected to the computer. Moreover, as usual, the magazine is the most ordinary one - paper. That is, the computer itself does not in any way restrict the connection of unregistered drives. It doesn’t limit, but it records! And if during the check it is discovered that the user connected unregistered drives, he will have problems.

We under no circumstances advise you to try to steal military secrets, but the ability to clear the list of recently connected drives can be useful in other life situations. To do this, look at the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB\

Here they are - all the drives that you connected to your computer.

It would seem that you just need to take it and clean everything. But it was not there! Firstly, the permissions for these registry branches are set in such a way that you cannot delete anything even in “seven”, not to mention “ten”.

Secondly, assigning rights and permissions manually takes a long time, especially if there are many drives. Thirdly, administrator rights will not help. The screenshot above was created when I performed the delete operation with admin rights. Fourthly, in addition to these two sections, you need to clean a long list of sections. Moreover, they need not just to be deleted, but to be edited correctly.

If for some reason you need to do everything manually, then search for the keywords MountPoints, MountedDevices DeviceClasses and RemovableMedia. But it’s much easier to use a ready-made program that will do everything for you. Some forums recommend USBDeview for this. However, I tested it and declare that it does not clear information from all the necessary sections. USBSTOR And USB continue to contain information about connected media.

I can recommend the program. Run it, check the “Perform real cleaning” checkbox. You can turn on the “Save .reg cancel file” option or not, but if the goal is not to test the program, but to prepare for an upcoming computer inspection, then it’s better to turn it off.

The program not only cleans the registry, but also displays a detailed log of its actions (see below). When it finishes, there will be no mention of connecting drives to the computer.

3. Clear cache and browser history

The third point in our tutu is clearing the cache and browser history. There are no difficulties here - each browser allows you to reset the list of recently visited sites.

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It happens that you don’t always want to leave “traces” of your trips on the Internet on your computer and browser. There are different reasons for this: parents with strict moral principles, curious children, husbands/spouses, a suspicious cat...

How to Delete Browsing History and Browser Cache in Google Chrome With Google Chrome everything is simple - open the browser and press the key combination.

Ctrl+Shift+Del Nothing happened? Then open the same browser menu by clicking on the button at the top right, select “» — « Additional tools«:

Deleting browsing data... In the window that opens after this, select the removal settings. If you need to clean up absolutely all traces in chrome, just check all the checkboxes in the “ Remove the following items " select option "«.

During all this time Clear the history The last step is to click on the “

” and wait until the window closes (this means that the browsing history has been successfully cleared).

• This removes:
• Browsing history
• Download history
• Cookies
• Pictures in cache
• Entered passwords (if saving them was enabled)

Autofill data in forms By the way, Google Chrome has a very useful thing called “ Incognito mode ". It is needed just for those cases when you need not to leave any traces in the browser. You can enable it either by right-clicking on the desired link and selecting “ Open link in incognito mode ", or by opening the browser and pressing the keyboard shortcut

Ctrl+Shift+N

How to Delete Browsing History and Cache in Mozilla Firefox

In Firefox, deleting your browsing history can’t be easier. Open your browser and press the three key combination+Ctrl+Shift (Del Magazine if it doesn’t work, click on the button at the top right and select “ " and then "« ):

Delete history In the window that opens, simply select the desired period (for example, “All”) and click on “«:

Delete now

How to delete browsing history and cache in Yandex Browser

Since this popular browser is a derivative of Chromium (practically the twin brother of Google Chrome), the method of clearing browsing history is exactly the same. With Google Chrome everything is simple - open the browser and press the key combination Open your browser and press the key combination Clear the history«:

and then select the deletion period - click on “

The developers from Opera Software also decided not to reinvent the wheel. Therefore, similar to the previous methods, open the browser and press the key combination With Google Chrome everything is simple - open the browser and press the key combination and then selecting the deletion period ( « From the very beginning"and checking all the boxes) - click on " Clear browsing history«:

Today in this article we will discuss the question of how to delete your browsing history. This operation can be performed using standard browser tools. But in some cases it will be useful to familiarize yourself with third-party programs. As an example, I will use namely: Google Chrome, Mozilla, Internet Explorer. So, next you will learn about visiting sites.

Internet Explorer

1. Turn on the program.
2. Click on the gear icon. It is located in the upper right area.
3. Go to the “Security” tab, and select the first item “Delete browsing history”.
4. Check the box next to “Journal”.
5. Confirm your choice by clicking the "Delete" button.

Google Chrome

1. Open the program.
2. Click on the icon with three horizontal stripes. It is located in the upper right location.
3. Select "History".
4. Click on "Clear...".
5. Select "Clear history...". Confirm your choice.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open the program.
2. Click on the application icon, which will be located in the upper left corner.
3. Click on the inscription “Erase recent history”. It's on the left side of the menu.
4. Check the box next to “Visit log...”.
5. Confirm the operation by clicking on the “Clear...” sign.

additional information

Removing the Google Chrome, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer tabs follows the same principle. Just right-click on the bookmark of interest and select “Delete”. It should be noted that after this operation it will no longer be possible to restore the tabs. Using built-in tools, you can also delete information such as cache, download history, site settings, saved passwords, etc.

Third party programs

Of course, regular built-in tools can also delete your browser history. But if you want to get more advanced functionality, you should take a closer look at various third-party software. As a rule, such narrow-profile programs allow you to flexibly configure browsers. For example, you can automatically delete viewed pages, which will occur every time before exiting the utility. Among such software, I recommend using a utility such as CCleaner. It has a lot of advantages. Let's start with the fact that it is completely free. You can download it from the official website. This program allows you to delete all temporary information from web browsers with one click. In this case, you can format the history in several utilities at once. has quite clear controls. Therefore, it is difficult to get confused in it. But if something happens, you can use the built-in help, which allows you to decipher all the actions. You can download another similar utility to your computer. There are now enough such programs on the Internet.

Conclusion

Question “How to delete website browsing history?” Quite often asked by new users. In this article I have provided instructions for the most popular browsers. If you use other software to browse the Internet, you can install a universal third-party tool. I hope now you know how to delete your browsing history.