Stay Safe Online
How to Erase Your Internet Activity
NOTE: This information may not completely hide your tracks. Many browser types have features that display recently visited sites. The safest way to find information on the internet would be at a local library, a friend’s house, or at work.
History/Cache file:
You can clear your history or empty your cache file in your browser’s settings. If someone knows how to read your computer’s history or cache file (automatically saved web pages and graphics) he or she may be able to see information you have viewed recently on the Internet.
Mozilla Firefox
To Clear Cache File and History:
On the Tools menu, select Options.
Click “Clear All.”
Click “Clear All Information” on the pop-up window that appears
Select ‘OK”
Internet Explorer
To Clear Cache File and History:
On the Tools menu, select Internet Options
Click the General tab
Click Delete Cookies
Click OK on the pop-up window: “Delete all cookies in the Temporary Internet Files folder?”
Click Delete Files Button
When the window pops up: “Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Files folder?” click on the white box beside the “Delete all offline content.” This will place a check mark in the box
Click OK
Click the Clear History button
Click Yes on the pop-up window
Click OK
AOL
To Clear Cache File and History:
Pull down Members menu, select Preferences
Click WWW icon. Select Advanced Purge Cache
Additionally, make sure that the “Use Inline Autocomplete” box is NOT checked. This function will complete a partial web address while typing a location in the address bar at the top of the browser
Clearing Just Your Google History:
Select Preferences
Select Autofill tab
Select the Edit button off the “Other Forms Line”
On the AutoFill list of sites select “Google.com”
Select Remove
Select Done
Email
If anyone has access to your email account, he or she may be able to read your incoming and outgoing mail. If you believe your account is secure, make sure you choose a password that no one will be able to guess. If someone sends you threatening or harassing email messages, they may be printed and saved as evidence of this abuse. Additionally, the messages may constitute a federal offense. For more information on this issue, contact your local States Attorney’s Office.
