With mobile devices becoming more & more prevalent on the Internet & Android devices such as Samsung taking a major slice of the mobile market, it’s good to be aware of how to keep your browsing history on these devices private.
In order to maintain your privacy on an Android device, you’ll need to delete browsing history from any browsers which you use on a regular basis.
Chrome browser
Chrome has an incognito setting, which does not track your browsing activity. However, if you don’t use this setting, you’ll need to physically clear your browsing history. Here’s how:
a. Open your browser app.
b. Select the drop-down menu.
c. Choose ‘History’.
d. Click ‘Clear Browsing History’.
e. Fill in the timeframe for the data you want to clear.
f. Click clear.
Firefox
To clear data in a FireFox browser, the steps are less complicated than Chrome’s methodology.
a. Select the menu at the top of the app’s UI.
b. Choose ‘History’.
c. Click the ‘Clear Browsing History’ button.
d. You’re done.
Opera Mini
To clear browsing data on Opera Mini
a. Locate & click on the ‘Opera’ sign.
b. On the menu pop-up, choose the settings tab(gear icon).
c. Select ‘History’.
d. Clear your data using the ‘Clear History’ tab.
Samsung Internet
a. Select the menu on the right of the screen.
b. Choose ‘Settings->Privacy’.
c. Click ‘Delete Browsing History’.
d. Delete the appropriate files.
The browsers listed above are, currently, the most popular choices, but others, such as Dolphin & UC Browser, are also in use. If you use something other than Chrome, Opera, Samsung Internet or Firefox, your browser will still have a method available so that you can delete your history, simply locate the menu & pursue the options.
Deleting browsing history is not only important to preserve your privacy, you can also delete any cookies that have been attached to your browser. Often these cookies are not as obvious as those you’ve consented to when you’ve signed up for an account on a particular website, they can also have irritating consequences, such as to track your preferences for advertisers as well as more nefarious intentions, such as to track your website and app usage for criminal reasons.
So to keep yourself safe, always clear your history at regular intervals.
