If you value your privacy online, or are concerned about the security of your online transactions, you will need to learn how to take steps to avoid any one taking a peek at your activities. If you use Internet Explorer, it is easy to clear Internet history and keep what you do online from the prying eyes of everyone else.

Internet Explorer is currently the most widely used browser. Since it comes bundled with Microsoft Windows, it is available on all computers which are running the Microsoft OS. We will go through a step-by-step process to make sure all of the information in your browser is deleted, so you know you will be protected.

If you don’t have Internet Explorer already running, now is the time to do so. By looking near the top of the browser you will notice a link called Tools. To get started let’s click this link to view a menu which will drop down. Look on the menu and select Internet Options.

This should cause a box to pop up which has a row of tabs across it along the top. One of these tabs is the General tab. If it is not already selected, please select it now. You should then see a button located in the middle portion named Delete. Click this button to go to the next step.

If you want to preserve your Internet favorites, you’ll need to select the first option box labeled Preserve Favorites if you want to keep your favorite sites. If you don’t, this information will be deleted also.

Your other choices you’ll have to select are: Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, and History. Select the option box of each you would like to delete. You are browsing history can be discerned from all three of these, so it is best to delete them all.

If you want to preserve your passwords, do not click the Passwords box. All that is left to do now is press the final Delete button. This will clear Internet history on Internet Explorer and keep your browsing habits private.

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