Clearing Sensitive Information

NOTE: the methods used below DO NOT GUARANTEE to clear all sensitive information that may have been viewed on your computer. If you have concerns about sensitive information being seen on your computer, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE(7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.

Clear Private Data, Empty Caches, Delete Passwords and and Remove Cookies in Internet Explorer / Firefox / Safari and so on.

Doing so is pretty simple for each browser:

How to clear private data in Internet Explorer 7

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. If you don't see the menu bar it's probably hidden. Press the Alt key so that it will reveal itself.
3. Click on Tools and Click Internet Options

4. In the Internet Options Window click on Delete button under the 'Browsing History' Heading.

5. Then click on Delete corresponding to the information you want to delete.
6. If you want to delete everything just click on the Delete all button.

How to clear private data, passwords, cache and cookies in Internet Explorer 6

1. In the Tools menu, select Internet Options... .
2. Click the Content tab, and then click the AutoComplete... button.
3. To remove stored passwords, click Clear Passwords.
4. To clear stored data that you have entered into forms, click Clear Forms.
5. Click OK.

How to clear private data, passwords, cache and cookies in Firefox

Clearing private data in Firefox is even easier.

1. Click on Tools in the Menu bar and then click on 'Clear Private Data...'

2. In the window that pops-up, choose the information that you'd like to delete. I always delete everything except my passwords, because its really hard to remember the password given the amount of sites one has to register to...

Clearing Private Data, History, Password and Cache in Safari

Safari on the other had has several different options that you can use to delete data.

Clearing only the history
To do this simply click on 'History' in the menu bar and then on clear history at the bottom of the menu.

Clearing only the cache
If you only want to delete the pages that were stored in safari, you might want to click on 'Safari' in the menu bar and click on 'Empty Cache'. This will only delete the cache.

How to clear everything including cookies, cache and history and reset Safari
To do this click on 'Safari' in the menu bar and click on 'Reset Safari...'. A window will pop-up asking you what you'd like to clear. Simple check the check boxes corresponding to the information you'd like to clear and click 'OK'.