Internet history
There is no way to completely cover your tracks online but the information below will allow you to take precautions to cover your tracks to a certain extent. The best way to insure your internet history is kept a secret is to use another PC. You can visit one of the many local libraries available or an internet café.
How can I exit the site quickly?
You will see a hide me button at the top right hand side of the screen which will quickly return you to Google. It is however important that you read the rest of this page to help you protect your privacy online.
How can someone track your internet history?
By default most available browsers saves information about the pages you visit. It will track the history of your internet session and it could download and save images and personal information. There are ways to prevent the browser from recording and saving this information but it’s important to know that someone could find out you have been deleting your tracks, If for example you delete your history and lets say your partner users the machine after you, he or she may also lose information which they have previous saved in the history and may question why the data was deleted. One option you have to view the internet safely without having to worry about covering your tracks is private browsing.
How can I enable Private Browsing?
On some browsers you can have the option of turning on a private browsing; this allows you to browse the internet without the browser recording your history. Again it is important to understand that there are still ways someone can track your actions depending on their computer skills. It is still recommended that if you can use a computer the other person does not have access too.
InPrivate Browsing On Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer has been quite late in catching up with the other browsers but with version 8, the grand-daddy of internet browsers also has a private browsing mode called the InPrivate mode. To activate the InPrivate mode, simply use the ctrl+shift+P key combination
Enable Private Browsing On Safari
Safari is probably the easiest when it comes to enabling the private browsing mode since it actually features a menu item under the Safari menu for precisely this purpose. Click on the Safari menu and select the Private Browsing option and you’re done.
Incognito Mode on Google Chrome
To enable an incognito session on Chrome, just press the Ctrl+Shit+N key combination whenever you’re using Chrome and the browser will open a new window for you to surf privately. You can also open an incognito window from the File menu.
Private Browsing On Firefox
At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP) and select Start Private Browsing.On the menu bar, click the Tools menu and select Start Private Browsing.At the top of the Firefox window, click the Tools menu and select Start Private Browsing.At the top of the Firefox window, click the Tools menu and select Start Private Browsing.On the menu bar, click the Tools menu and select Start Private Browsing.