We all have information on our personal computers that we want to keep private and secure. Our Internet search histories, browsing histories, chat histories and emails were never meant to be reviewed by our personal or business acquaintances. They could contain information that is potentially embarrassing to us or even catastrophic to protecting our identity. At some point we need to clean or erase history on our computer.

Now, let’s talk about the basics for erasing Internet browsing history in Internet Explorer and Firefox, the two most popular browsers in use today:

To erase the history of visited websites history in Internet Explorer 8.0:

Select Tools / Internet Options.

• Open the “General” tab.
• In “Browsing history” area click the “Delete” button.
• Make the appropriate selections and click the “Delete” button.
• Click OK.

To erase the history of visited websites history in Firefox 3.0+:

• Select Tools / Clear Recent History
• Select your time range.
• Select “Details” and check your selections.
• Click “Clear Now”.

That’s it. We’re done for now with the basics. In the future, we’ll talk about more tips to clean or delete computer history. Unfortunately, basic deleting is not enough! Deleting only removes a fraction of the information sometimes permitting full recovery of compromising or confidential information