The Family Violence Project

Computers store your documents and the addresses of the websites you visit. Since you can never completely delete this information, someone who wants to check up on you can fairly easily access your computer history.

That means it's very important for you to clear your history and empty your cache every time you use your computer.

Here's how...

Mozilla Firefox

1. Select the Tools menu
2. Select Options
3. Click the Privacy button
4. Under History, click the Clear or Clear Now button

Internet Explorer

To clear all Internet Explorer history

1. Select Tools
2. Select Internet Options
3. Open the General tab
4. In Browsing history area, click the Delete button
5. In Delete browsing history window, click Delete all and then click Yes.

To clear only this website in Internet Explorer 7 history:

1. Select Tools
2. Select Internet Options
3. Open the General tab
4. In Browsing history area, click the Delete button
5. Click the Delete button next to the category of information you want to delete, click Yes, and then click Close.

Safari

Go to the History drop down menu and select Clear History