Do Chrome/Firefox/IE allow scheduled clearance of browsing history?

LizEstelle

The question says it all.

As far as I can see, no browser has the option of scheduling an automatic clearing of browsing history e.g. at next startup or whatever.

Anyone know otherwise?

espresso

LizEstelle wrote: »

The question says it all.

As far as I can see, no browser has the option of scheduling an automatic clearing of browsing history e.g. at next startup or whatever.

Anyone know otherwise?

Firefox certainly has the option to "Clear history when Firefox closes" under the Tools, Options, Privacy tab. You can then specify exactly which history is cleared in Settings.

antilles

I use Firefox and it gives you the option to clear history and cache on exit. I would have thought other browsers do as well but not 100% sure.

But it sounds like you're looking for something more complicated like clearing at a specified time. Or am I wrong.

penrhyn

OP, You could always use ccleaner and set it to run on startup.

LizEstelle

espresso wrote: »

Firefox certainly has the option to "Clear history when Firefox closes" under the Tools, Options, Privacy tab. You can then specify exactly which history is cleared in Settings.

I'm a Chrome user at present. There seems to be no similar option.

LizEstelle

antilles wrote: »

I use Firefox and it gives you the option to clear history and cache on exit. I would have thought other browsers do as well but not 100% sure.

But it sounds like you're looking for something more complicated like clearing at a specified time. Or am I wrong.

Clearing of data on closure of the browser would do fine. I have to do this manually at the moment.

[Deleted User]

IE - Tools > Internet Options then check the box next to 'Delete browsing history on exit'

Print_Screen

In Chrome
Click on the spanner in the top right > options > Personal Stuff > Clear Browsing data

Also CTRL+SHIFT+N will open a Chrome tab in Incognito mode where nothing will be saved such as browsing history, Cookies, etc when the tab is closed

aliEnRIK

If you go into TOOLS/OPTIONS/PRIVACY in firefox you can select the number of days the history is kept (Or as espresso said)

I cant find anything in chrome except to clear it manually

IE/TOOLS/INTERNET OPTIONS/GENERAL/BROWSING HISTORY SETTINGS/DAYS TO KEEP PAGES IN HISTORY (Or you can manually clear)

Marty_J

Safari gives you the option of automatically clearing the browsing history daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or yearly.

You can also enable the private browsing mode, and nothing wil be saved in the history.

aliEnRIK

Marty_J wrote: »

Safari gives you the option of automatically clearing the browsing history daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or yearly.

You can also enable the private browsing mode, and nothing wil be saved in the history.

Not really as versatile as Firefox then :rolleyes: