Jump to Using Google Chrome - This wikiHow will teach you how to view your browser history on a Mac using the Safari, Chrome, or Firefox browsers. This wikiHow will teach you how to view your browser history on a Mac using the Safari, Chrome, or Firefox browsers. It's the app with the icon that resembles a blue compass and is usually located on dock.
Deleting browser history is a good way to make sure your history stays yours. In this article we’ll show you how to safely and quickly remove browser history from your Mac, even from the very first day. It’s not too hard to delete history manually, but there’s a faster way to do it, which is CleanMyMac X. You can download it for free and clean up browsers in just a sec. Moreover, with CleanMyMac, you can remove all the junk from your Mac, including large and old files, broken downloads, system cache, and more. Before you proceed, let's find out what google search history is and why you may want to remove it.
What is search browser history?
When you surf the web, your browser remembers every page you’ve ever visited. Apart from the moments when you choose Incognito Mode (or Private Browsing), all of these pages are carefully stored in your browser and are tied up to your account.
Websites you visit can now show up in autofill Google search forms when you look for them. They will also be highlighted in violet in search results.
Browsers also keep the info about when you have visited these pages. Why browsing history can be useful: you can always resort to it when you need to find that-cool-site-what-was-its-name a month after you visited it.
Why would you want to remove browser history then?
Well, that is absolutely up to you. It could be a matter of privacy, professional etiquette, business confidentiality, paranoia, OCD or taking a general joy in having things cleaned up.
It feels oddly satisfying to know that none of the websites you visited will show up in your Google search results as “already visited”. When you’re giving your Mac to somebody for use or even browsing the web with someone peering over your shoulder, there is a chance they’ll see something they’re not supposed to. Your girlfriend doesn’t know you have been on the wedding ring websites because you lost a bet on how much diamonds cost, she might take it the wrong way.
How to clear browser history?
Clearing only search history (and there is much more stored info on your Mac) is pretty easy. Simply choose one of the blocks below that deals with the browser you use and follow the steps.
How to delete history in Safari manually:
How to clear Chrome history manually:
How to clear Firefox history manually:
How to clear browser history in a click:
Or, you can choose a much faster way of dealing with histories, as well as other extra files on your Mac. Get CleanMyMac X (download for free), go to its Privacy module, choose the browsers you use (or even messengers, if you need to) and clean histories from all of them in a click. Saves you time whenever you need a cleanup.
That’s it for browsing history, but your internet activity is also stored on your Mac in the form of caches, logs, downloads, old files you’ve kept from years ago, and so on. It’s a rule of thumb to give your Mac an occasional cleanup to make sure it works swiftly and stores no junk. You can download CleanMyMac X, a handy cleaning app that takes care of all the junk, so you don’t have to. Keep your Mac and browsers clean, cheers.
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Your History page shows the webpages you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn’t store Chrome pages you’ve visited like chrome://settings, pages you've visited in Incognito mode, or pages you've already deleted from your browsing history.If you're signed in to Chrome and syncing your history, then your History page shows webpages you’ve visited across all your synced devices for much longer. If you're signed out of Chrome, your History page won't show webpages across your other devices. Browse privatelyIf you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can.Using a Chromebook at work or school? Your network administrator can turn off browsing history. If history is off, your History page won't list webpages you've visited.
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