How to clear browsing history, cache, saved passwords and cookies?
How to set option to delete browsing history every time you close your browser?
How to block cookies from specific web sites?
How to clear browsing history, cache, saved passwords and cookies in Internet Explorer?
Information on Cache: If a user revisits a web page after only a short interval, the page data may not need to be re-obtained from the source web server as web browser creates temporary storage, called caching, to cache the content of the website on the client machine and it will be cached in memory and on disk. This mechanism is called a web cache. Caching can improve the performance of a web service by ensuring that frequently requested files will tend to be stored in the local cache. Browser cache HTML pages, images etc.., to reduce bandwidth usage and server load.
Information on Cookies: Cookies are the files created by your browser and stored on your computer when you visit a website. These files store state information which includes user-specific information for example user's preferences, authentication data, shopping cart contents etc.,
Steps to clear browsing history, cache, saved passwords and cookies.
1) Open browser and click on Tools in the menu bar located on top left corner.
2) From Tools menu select Delete Browsing History....
3) Delete Browsing History dialog will open.
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4) Select everything and then click on Delete.
5) This will clear your browser history as well as caches and cookies.
How to clear browsing history, cache, saved passwords and cookies in Google Chrome?
1) click on a Customize and Control google chrome button
which can be seen on top right hand side of the browser.
2) from the menu select Tools --> Clear Browsing Data and it will display different options to select.

3) select all the options and click on Clear browsing data button to clear all history, cookies and auto-fill form data.
How to set option to delete browsing history every time you close your browser?
1) Open browser and click on Tools located on the menu bar on top left corner.
2) Select Internet Options from Tools menu.
3) Internet Options dialog will open.
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4) In browsing history section select delete browsing history on exit check box.
5) click OK, this will clear browser history each time you close the browser.
How to block cookies from specific web sites?
Set up information for Internet Explorer.
1) Open browser and click on Tools located on the menu bar on top left corner.
2) Select Internet Options from Tools menu.
3) Internet Options dialog will open.
4) Inside the dialog box select Privacy tab.
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5) Here you can select the privacy level for cookies.
6) To block cookies from specific websites click on Sites button.
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7) Per Site Privacy Action dialog box will open where you can specify the web site name and click on Block button to block cookies from that website.
Set up information for Google Chrome
1) click on a Customize and Control google chrome button
which can be seen on top right hand side of the browser.
2) from the menu click on Options and it will display the options page.
3) Inside the options page click on Under the Bonnet.
4) Here, you will find Privacy section which will allow you to select different options to customize your privacy settings. Content settings and Clear browsing data buttons also allows you to select more specific options.