samboy Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 Hi gang. Have just checked the above and there are streams of it. My question is how often should it be cleared ?. Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 i clear all my browsing data every week.........i can chose what passwords to save....if you dont clear your data your computor will get slower and slower...also it harbours virus's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 My iMac auto clears every second day. Everything in the history goes. Still with the iMac you don't seem to get any viruses or glitches. or any random things. I am still plagued by women who keep emailing me and want to do things with me and put vast sums of money in my bank account. The Mac can't stop that attention though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Minky said: My iMac auto clears every second day. Everything in the history goes. Still with the iMac you don't seem to get any viruses or glitches. or any random things. I am still plagued by women who keep emailing me and want to do things with me and put vast sums of money in my bank account. The Mac can't stop that attention though. The days of macs being ignored by the virus makers are long gone, Macs are targeted just as much as PCs now if not more. The reason they were left alone years ago, was there were not enough to bother making a virus to target Macs, as their numbers increased, they became more attractive. It's a numbers game. The more there are, the more chance of catching someone. Edited November 10, 2022 by Newbie to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 All I know is that I don't have a single problem with any odd happenings as I did have with Windows. I have installed a virus scanner from Mac and its never found anything yet, BUT I must always remain vigilant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 I've never had any problems with PCs, I've seen others that have, I suppose it comes down to what websites people visit or what links they click on without knowing the source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 You can set your browser to delete browsing history when you exit it, or you can do it manually in 10 seconds. On Google it's the 3 pips top right of the screen, click on the pips, click history, 3 pips appear at the top again, click the pips and the option to clear browser history comes up, click on delete then wait 3 seconds for the computer to find it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 11 hours ago, samboy said: Have just checked the above and there are streams of it. My question is how often should it be cleared ?. My question is what problem, precisely, are you trying to solve? The history is on your PC. You've already been tracked by cookies you've accepted. The various websites/advertisers already have your tracking data. Clearing your local history will not change that. If, on the other hand, you want to free up HD space, crack on, though there are probably better places to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Just wondered what benefits there are to be had by clearing all the history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, samboy said: Just wondered what benefits there are to be had by clearing all the history. The wife wont see what you have been looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Go on youtube look at making your pc run faster get rid of old files as well as history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manthing Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 8 hours ago, old'un said: The wife wont see what you have been looking at. That's what "incognito browsing " is for init, so I've been told, by a mate, or somebody 😆😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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