- [Instructor] I'd like to share some quick information
about clearing your history in Microsoft Edge.
Your history is a log of the websites
that you visited recently.
It can be really helpful if you're trying to remember
a page that you saw a few days ago,
but it can also be a privacy concern.
So first, let's look at my history.
In Edge, you can click the button with three dots
near the top-right corner to open this menu,
then go to history.
And this is really useful.
I can quickly go back to any page
that I've visited recently.
I can just click on it and it loads that page.
Just keep in mind that I set this computer up
to record this training course,
so I don't have much history here.
As time goes on,
you will see more history listed
for previous days, weeks, and months.
But let's think about privacy.
What if you worked for a law firm
and the webpages you visit
are part of private client records?
Or what if you're using a public workstation?
There are lots of situations
where you don't want to keep a record
of your browsing history.
In that case,
you're probably going to want to clear your history.
And you've got a few options there.
One option is to point at something on this list
and you'll see this X will appear.
And if you click on that,
it will clear that one individual item.
Or if you just want to wipe out all of your history at once,
you can click this button with three dots up
at the top of your history panel
and choose clear browsing data.
And that takes you to this panel.
First, you can choose a time period.
Do you want to wipe out your history from all time
or just in a recent period of time?
I'll stick with all time.
And then there are a bunch of items here.
Now most people would be interested
in their browsing history and download history,
but there are other things that your computer saves
as you're browsing the web.
So you can scroll through here and check those out.
If you do not want it to clear passwords that you saved,
then you probably want to turn that option off.
But go ahead and set the options that you want,
then click clear now,
and that history will be cleared.
Now finally, what if you need to do some work in Edge
that you don't want to be saved
in your history to begin with?
That's what the InPrivate feature is for.
To get to that,
we'll go to that menu up here in the top-right again.
So we'll click the button with three little dots
and I'll choose new InPrivate window.
And I have this new window that says InPrivate
up in the top,
and also, you can see that this window is a darker color.
If I work in this window,
nothing will be saved to my history.
This is great if you're using a public computer
or a computer you share with somebody else
or any situation where you just don't want
your web browsing history to be recorded.
Of course, if you close this and close Edge
and you open up Edge again later,
it will open up with another normal window.
So make sure you go to that menu
and open an InPrivate window
anytime you need to browse privately.
Managing and clearing your history can be very important
for keeping your browsing data safe and private.