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Android: delete history in your own browser
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Android: Clear history in Google Chrome
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Android: Clear history in Firefox
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Brief instructions: Android: delete history in your own browser
Quick guide: Android: Clear history in Google Chrome
Quick guide: Android: Clear history in Firefox

Want to clear your browsing history on an Android device? We'll show you how..

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You don't always want to see pages that have been visited for days. That is why it is important to know how to clear browsing history. We'll explain how to do this using the three most popular browsers (Android's own browser, Google Chrome and Firefox). In addition to clearing your browsing history, clearing cookies is also important. Here we show you how you can: Delete cookies on Android.

Android: delete history in your own browser

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

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Open the browser preinstalled on Android. Then press the Settings button on your Android device. Then select " Settings " in the menu.

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Now tap on " Data protection & security ".

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Then select " Clear History " to clear your browsing history.

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Tap OK to confirm deleting the history.

Android: Clear history in Google Chrome

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions ..

1st step:

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Open the Chrome browser and tap the three dots in the top right to open the menu. Then press " Settings ". By the way: You can also open an incognito tab via the three-point menu. Pages visited are not saved in such a tab.

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Now tap on " Privacy ".

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At the very bottom you have the option " Clear browsing data " to choose from. Press on it.

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Remove all ticks so that only the tick for " Browsing history " remains. Then set the " Period " display in the upper right corner by tapping on " Total time ". Finally, select "Clear data " so that your entire browser history is deleted.

Android: Clear history in Firefox

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

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Open the Firefox browser. Then tap on the three dots in the top right to open the menu and press " Settings ". Tip: Alternatively, you can also use Firefox's private mode . Just tap on " New Private Tab " in the menu . In private mode, neither cookies nor websites visited are saved.

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Then tap on " Erase Private Data ".

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Uncheck all except the ones for " Open tabs " and " Chronicle ". The history includes your entire browsing history. The open tabs must also be removed because they would reappear in the history. Then tap on " Clear data " to clear the entire history.

Brief instructions: Android: delete history in your own browser

  1. Open Android's own browser and press the Settings button on your smartphone.
  2. Then tap on " Settings " and select " Privacy & Security " from there.
  3. Now tap on " Delete history " and confirm this selection by pressing " OK ".

Quick guide: Android: Clear history in Google Chrome

  1. Tap on the three dots in the upper right corner and select " Settings ".
  2. Press " Data protection " and then go to " Clear browsing data " at the bottom .
  3. Check the box next to " Browsing history " or remove the check box from the other items. Change the display for " Period " in the upper right corner to " Total time ".
  4. If you now tap on " Clear data ", your entire history in Google Chrome will be deleted.

Quick guide: Android: Clear history in Firefox

  1. Open Firefox and tap on the three dots . Then select " Settings ".
  2. Tap on " Delete private data " and tick each " Open tabs " and " Chronicle ".
  3. Then press " Clear data ". You have now deleted all browsing history in Firefox.

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