How to empty History and Cookies

2 min. readlast update: 10.17.2023

How to empty History and Cookies

Safari/iPhone/iPad:

Follow these instructions to clear the web / browser history on your iPad. Open the Settings app on your Home page and tap Safari. Scroll down and tap "Clear History." You can also clear all cookies and data and set Safari to Private Browsing mode from this screen.

Chrome:

Start Google Chrome. To access the browsing information you need to click on the icon that looks like three vertical bars in the top right hand corner. In the menu that appears navigate to the "History" option. This will open the "History" tab, from here you need to click on the "Clear all browsing data..." option.

IE 11:

  1. Click the Internet Explorer icon on the taskbar to open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click the Tools button , point to Safety, and then click Delete browsing history.
  3. Select the types of data you want to remove from your PC, and then click Delete.

Firefox:

  1. Tap the Menu button (either below the screen on some devices or at the top-right corner of the browser) and select Settings (you may need to tap More first) .
  2. Scroll down to the Privacy & Security section and choose Clear private data.
  3. Select the items you want to clear and then tap Clear data.
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