Regularly clearing the browsing history on your smartphone is the first step towards maintaining your online privacy. Almost every browser maintains a log of the websites you have visited on it. There is no centralised way of clearing your history, you will have to visit each browser individually to delete it. In this article, we bring you the 6 best ways to clear your browsing history on iPhone or Android mobile.
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Table of Contents
Clear browsing history on Android
Step 1: Launch your smartphone’s default web browser.
Step 2: Tap the ellipses or hamburger menu.
Step 3: Select Settings.
Step 4: Tap on ‘Personal browsing data’.
Step 5: Select ‘Delete browsing data’.
Step 6: Tap on ‘Delete data’.
Clear browsing history on Chrome
Step 1: Launch Google Chrome on your smartphone.
Step 2: Tap the ellipses on the top right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Select ‘History’.
Step 4: Tap the cross icon next to a website entry to delete it from your browsing history.
Step 5: To delete all of your browsing history, tap on ‘Clear browsing data’.
Step 6: Set the time range to ‘All time’ and select ‘Clear data’.
Clear browsing history on a Samsung device
Step 1: Go to Settings and select Apps.
Step 2: Select ‘Samsung app settings’.
Step 3: Select ‘Samsung Internet’.
Step 4: Tap on ‘Personal browsing data’.
Step 5: Select ‘Delete browsing data’.
Step 6: Tap on ‘Delete data’.
Clear browsing history on DuckDuckGo
Being a privacy-centric browser, DuckDuckGo does not store your browsing history in one place. However, you can delete your data and all open tabs in one go. Here’s how.
Step 1: Launch DuckDuckGo on your smartphone.
Step 2: Tap the fire icon next to the address bar.
Step 3: Select ‘Clear all tabs and data’.
Clear browsing history on iPhone
Step 1: Go to Settings and select Safari.
Step 2: Select ‘Clear History and Website data’.
Step 3: Tap on ‘Clear History and Data’.
Clear browsing history on Safari
Step 1: Launch the Safari app and tap the Bookmarks icon.
Step 2: Tap the history icon.
Step 3: Tap on ‘Clear’.
Step 4: Select ‘All time’.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I clear all browsing history?
To clear all browsing history go to Chrome>Options>History>Clear browsing data>Clear data. On Safari go to Bookmarks>History>Clear>All time.
Who can see my browsing history?
Tracking cookies can access your browsing history to suggest products based on your web activity.
What does clearing browsing data on Chrome do?
Clearing your browsing history on Chrome removes the web addresses from the history page, shortcuts from the new tab page, and predictions from the address bar.
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Conclusion
These are the 6 best ways to clear browsing history on your iPhone or Android mobile. Apart from clearing browsing history, it is also a good idea to regularly clear cookies and web cache as well. While some cookies may be important, most of them monitor your web activity to suggest you relevant ads. Read this article to learn how to clear cookies on your Android smartphone. iPhone users can read this article to find out how to clear all cookies on their devices.
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