在现代和时代，几乎所有可以远程称为技术产品的项目都被保存（无论是有意还是无意）。这包括我们的联系人、私人消息和电子邮件、文档、图片等。
您可能知道，每次启动 Web 浏览器并查找某些内容时，它都会被记录并保存在浏览器的历史记录中。保存的收据通常很有帮助，因为它们有助于快速重新加载网站，但在某些情况下，人们可能想要（甚至需要）清除他们的浏览数据。
今天，在本文中，我们将讨论为什么您应该考虑删除Android手机上的浏览器历史记录和数据的主题。
为什么要删除浏览器历史记录？(Why You Should Delete Browser History?)
但首先，什么是浏览器历史记录，为什么还要存储它？
您在网上所做的一切都是您浏览器历史记录的一部分，但更具体地说，它是用户访问过的所有网页的列表以及有关访问的所有数据。存储网络浏览器历史记录有助于改善一个人的整体在线体验。它使再次访问这些网站变得更顺畅、更快、更容易。
除了网页历史记录之外，还有一些其他项目，如 cookie 和缓存也被存储。Cookie 有助于跟踪您在互联网上所做的任何事情，这使得冲浪变得更快、更个性化，但有时也会让您有点不舒服。很多关于商店的数据可以用来对付你；一个例子是我在亚马逊(Amazon)上签出的那双红色慢跑鞋，十五天后我在我的Facebook订阅源上关注我。(Facebook)
缓存使网页加载速度更快，但从长远来看，它也会在您的设备上占用大量空间，因为它会慢慢充满垃圾。在公共系统上保存诸如帐户密码之类的信息是有问题的，因为在您可以轻松访问您的帐户并利用它们之后使用该系统的任何人和每个人。
删除浏览器历史记录可能会对您的在线活动产生零到巨大的影响，具体取决于您的操作方式。在别人的系统上冲浪会帮助人们侵犯你的隐私并招致评判，这很重要，尤其是如果你是一个十几岁的男孩，在一个孤独的星期五(Friday)晚上使用你姐姐的笔记本电脑。
此外，虽然您的浏览历史有助于建立您的在线个人资料，其中包含您在互联网上所做的事情、您如何做以及您做多长时间；不时清除它本质上就像按下重置按钮并在互联网上重新开始。
如何在 Android 上删除浏览器历史记录(How To Delete Browser History on Android)
虽然Android用户可以使用大量浏览器选项，但大多数都坚持使用相同的三个选项，即Google Chrome、Opera和Firefox。在这三者中，Chrome是普遍使用的，并且是最受欢迎的，因为它是大多数Android设备的默认设置。但是，删除浏览器历史记录和相关数据的过程在平台上的所有浏览器上保持相同。
1. 清除谷歌浏览器历史记录(1. Clearing Browser History on Google Chrome )
1.解锁你的安卓设备，向上滑动打开你的应用程序抽屉并寻找谷歌浏览器(Google Chrome)。找到后，单击应用程序图标打开。
2. 接下来，点击位于应用程序窗口右上角的三个垂直点。(three vertical dots located on the top-right corner)
3. 从以下下拉菜单中，选择“设置”(“Settings”)继续。
4.向下滚动(Scroll)设置菜单，在(Settings)高级(Advanced)设置标签下找到“隐私”(“Privacy” )并单击它。
5.在这里，点击“清除浏览数据”(“Clear browsing data”)继续。
6. 可以永久删除过去一小时、一天、一周或自您记录的浏览活动开始以来的数据！
为此，请单击“时间范围”右侧的箭头(“Time range”)
在选中所有框之前，让我们重新了解菜单上的基本设置：
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浏览历史记录(Browsing History)是用户访问过的网页列表以及页面标题和访问时间等数据。它可以帮助您轻松找到以前访问过的网站。想象一下，如果您在期中考试期间发现了一个关于某个主题的非常有用的网站，您可以轻松地在历史记录中找到它，并在期末考试期间参考它（除非您已经清除了历史记录）。
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浏览器 Cookie(Browser Cookies)对您的搜索体验比对您的健康更有帮助。它们是浏览器存储在系统中的小文件。他们可以将您的姓名、地址、密码和信用卡号等重要信息保存到您在凌晨 2 点放入购物车的任何内容中。Cookie(Cookies)通常会有所帮助并增强您的体验，除非它们是“恶意的”。顾名思义，恶意 cookie 可能会造成伤害，它们可用于存储和跟踪您的在线活动。一旦有足够的信息，就会将这些数据出售给广告公司。
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缓存(A cache)是存储网站数据的临时存储区域。这些包括从HTML文件到视频缩略图的所有内容。这些减少了带宽(bandwidth)，就像加载网页所花费的能量一样，当您的互联网连接速度较慢或有限时尤其有用。
让我们谈谈位于基本设置右侧的(Basic)高级(Advanced settings)设置。这些包括上面提到的三个以及一些不那么复杂但同样重要的：
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Saved Passwords是(Saved Passwords)保存在浏览器上(passwords saved on the browser)的所有用户名和密码的列表。除非您对所有网站（我们强烈反对）拥有相同的密码和用户名，并且没有记忆力记住所有网站，否则浏览器会为您执行此操作。对于经常访问的网站非常有帮助，但对于您加入的第一个 30 天免费试用计划并忘记的网站却没有帮助。
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自动填写表格(Autofill Form)可帮助您在第 12 份申请表中第四次不输入您的家庭住址。如果您使用像您工作的地方这样的公共计算机，那么所有人都可以访问这些信息并被滥用。
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站点设置(Site Settings)是对网站请求访问您的位置、摄像头、麦克风等的响应。例如，如果您让Facebook有权访问您的画廊以在平台上发布图片。删除此项会将所有设置重置为默认设置。
7. 一旦你决定要删除什么，按下屏幕底部的蓝色按钮，上面写着“清除数据”(“Clear Data”)。
8. 会出现一个弹窗，要求您再次确认您的决定，按“清除”( “Clear”)，稍等片刻，您就可以开始了！
2. 删除火狐浏览器历史记录(2. Delete Browser History on Firefox)
1. 在手机上找到并打开火狐浏览器(Firefox Browser)。
2. 点击右上角的三个垂直点(three vertical dots)。
3.从下拉菜单中选择“设置”。(Settings)
4. 从设置菜单中，选择“隐私”(“Privacy”)继续前进。
5. 选中“退出时清除私人数据”(“Clear private data on exit”)旁边的复选框。
6. 勾选该框后，将打开一个弹出菜单，要求您选择要清除的数据。
在您发疯并检查所有框之前，让我们快速了解它们的含义。
- 检查打开(Open Tabs)的选项卡会关闭当前在浏览器中打开的所有选项卡。
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浏览器历史记录(Browser History)是过去访问过的所有网站的列表。
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搜索历史(Search History )会从搜索建议框中删除单个搜索条目，并且不会混淆您的建议。例如，当你输入“PO”时，你会得到一些无害的东西，比如爆米花或诗歌。
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下载(Downloads )是您从浏览器下载的所有文件的列表。
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表单历史(Form History )数据有助于快速自动填写在线表单。它包括地址，电话号码，姓名等。
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Cookies & Cache和前面解释的一样。
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离线网站数据(Offline Website Data )是存储在计算机上的网站文件，即使在互联网不可用时也允许浏览。
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网站设置(Site Settings )是授予网站的权限。其中包括允许网站访问您的摄像头、麦克风或位置，删除这些将它们恢复为默认值。
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同步标签(Synced Tabs )是在其他设备上的Firefox中打开的标签。(Firefox)例如：如果您在手机上打开几个标签，那么您可以通过同步标签在计算机上看到它们。
7. 确定您的选择后，单击“设置”(“Set”)。
返回主菜单并退出应用程序。退出后，您选择删除的所有数据都将被删除。
3.清除Opera浏览器历史记录(3. Clearing Browser History on Opera)
1. 打开Opera 应用程序。(Opera Application.)
2. 点击右下角的红色“O”Opera 图标。(red “O” Opera icon)
3. 从弹出菜单中，按齿轮图标打开“设置” 。(“Settings”)
4. 选择位于“常规”部分的(General)“清除浏览数据...”(“Clear browsing data…”)选项。
5. 一个类似于Firefox中的(Firefox)弹出菜单(Pop-up menu)将打开，询问要删除的数据类型。菜单包括已保存的密码、浏览历史记录和 cookie 等项目；所有这些都在前面解释过。根据您的需要和要求，做出选择并勾选合适的方框。
6. 做出决定后，按“确定”(“OK”)删除所有浏览器数据。
专业提示：使用隐身模式或隐私浏览(Pro Tip: Use Incognito Mode or Private Browsing )
您需要在隐私浏览模式下打开浏览器，(open your browser in the private browsing mode)这会创建一个与浏览器的主会话和用户数据隔离的临时会话。在这里，不保存历史记录，并且与会话相关的数据，例如，cookie 和缓存在会话结束时被删除。
除了从您的历史记录中隐藏不良内容（成人网站）这一更流行的用途外，它还有更实际的用途（例如使用不属于您的系统）。当您从其他人的系统登录您的帐户时，您可能会不小心将您的详细信息保存在那里，或者如果您想在网站上看起来像新访问者并避免影响搜索算法的 cookie（避免 cookie 非常有用在预订旅行机票和酒店时）。
打开隐身模式是一个简单的两步过程，从长远来看非常有用：
1. 在Chrome 浏览器(Chrome Browser)中，点击右上角的三个垂直点(three vertical dots)。
2. 从下拉菜单中，选择“新建隐身标签”(“New Incognito Tab”)。
维奥拉(Viola)！现在，您的所有在线活动都不会被窥探，您每次都可以使用隐身模式(Incognito Mode)重新开始。
（注意：您的浏览活动在隐身模式下并非完全不可见和私密，因为它可以被其他网站或其互联网服务提供商(Internet Service Provider)( ISP ) 跟踪，但不是一个普通的好奇者。）
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就是这样，希望上述指南对您有所帮助，并且您能够删除 Android 设备上的浏览器历史记录(delete browser history on your Android device)。但是，如果您对本教程仍有任何疑问，请随时在评论部分提出。
How to Delete Browser History On Android
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As you might be aware, every time you fire up your web browser and look up something, it gets logged and saved in the browser’s history. The saved receipts are usually helpful as they aid in loading the sites back again quickly but there are certain situations where one might want to (or even need to) clear their browsing data.
Today, in this article, we will go over the topic of why you should consider deleting your browser history & data on your Android phone.
Why You Should Delete Browser History?
But first, what is browser history and why is it stored anyway?
Everything you do online is part of your browser history but to be more specific, it is the list of all web pages a user has visited as well as all the data regarding the visit. Storing web browser history helps improve one’s overall online experience. It makes it smoother, faster and easier to visit those sites again.
Along with webpage history, there are a few other items like cookies and caches that get stored too. Cookies help track whatever you do on the internet which makes surfing quick and more personalized but also can make you a tiny bit uncomfortable sometimes. A lot of data about stores can be used against you; an example being that pair of red jogging shoes I checked out on Amazon following me on my Facebook feed fifteen days later.
Caches make the web pages load quicker but also take a lot of space on your device in the long run as it slowly gets filled with junk. Saving information like account passwords on public systems is problematic as anyone and everyone who uses the system after you can easily access your accounts and take advantage of them.
Deleting browser history can have zero to a huge impact on your online activity depending on how you do it. Surfing on someone else’s system helps people to invade your privacy and invites judgment, which is important especially if you are a teenage boy using your sister’s laptop on a lonely Friday evening.
Additionally, while your browsing history helps in building an online profile of you containing what you do on the internet, how you do it and for how long you do it for; clearing it every now and then is essentially like pressing the reset button and starting over on the internet.
How To Delete Browser History on Android
While there are a plethora of browser options available to Android users, most stick to the same three, namely, Google Chrome, Opera and Firefox. Among the three, Chrome is universally used and is the most popular by a long shot, as it is the default for most Android devices. However, the procedure to delete browser history and the associated data remains identical on all browsers across the platform.
1. Clearing Browser History on Google Chrome
1. Unlock your android device, swipe up to open your app drawer and look for Google Chrome. Once found, click on the application icon to open.
2. Next, tap on the three vertical dots located on the top-right corner of the application window.
3. From the following drop-down menu, select “Settings” to proceed.
4. Scroll down the Settings menu to find “Privacy” under the Advanced settings label and click on it.
5. Here, tap on “Clear browsing data” to continue.
6. One can delete data ranging from the past hour, a day, a week or since the start of your recorded browsing activity that is forever!
To do so, click on the arrow to the right of “Time range”
Before you check all the boxes, let’s get you re-educated about the basic settings on the menu:
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Browsing History is a list of web pages a user has visited as well as data like page title and time of visit. It helps you find a previously visited site easily. Imagine if you found a really helpful website about a topic during your midterms, you can easily find it in your history and refer to it during your finals (unless you have cleared your history).
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Browser Cookies are more helpful for your search experience than your health. They are small files stored on your system by your browser. They can hold serious information like your names, addresses, passwords, and credit-card numbers to whatever you had put in your shopping cart at 2 AM. Cookies are generally helpful and enhance your experience except when they are “Malicious”. Malicious cookies as their name suggests can intend harm, they can be used to store and track your online activity. Once there is enough information one sells this data to advertising companies.
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A cache is a temporary storage area where website data is stored. These include everything from HTML files to video thumbnails. These reduce the bandwidth that is like the energy spent on loading the webpage and is especially helpful when you have a slow or limited internet connection.
Let’s talk about Advanced settings located just to the right of Basic settings. These include the three mentioned above as well a few more not so complex but equally important ones:
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Saved Passwords is the list of all the usernames and passwords saved on the browser. Unless you have the same password and username for all the websites (which we strongly oppose to) and don’t have the memory to remember all of them then the browser does that for you. Extremely helpful for frequently visited sites but not for the site you joined just for their first 30 days free trial program and forgot about.
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Autofill Form helps you in not typing your home address for the fourth time on your twelfth application form. If you use a public computer like the place you work at then this information can be accessed by all and be misused.
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Site Settings are the answers to requests made by a website to access your location, camera, microphone, and more. For example, if you let Facebook have access to your gallery to post pictures on the platform. Deleting this resets all the settings to the default one.
7. Once you have made up your mind on what to delete, press the blue button at the bottom of your screen that reads “Clear Data”.
8. A pop up will appear asking you to reconfirm your decision, press “Clear”, wait for a while and you are good to go!
2. Delete Browser History on Firefox
1. Locate and open the Firefox Browser on your phone.
2. Tap on the three vertical dots located on the top-right corner.
3. Select “Settings” from the drop-down menu.
4. From the setting menu, select “Privacy” to move ahead.
5. Check off the box located next to “Clear private data on exit”.
6. Once the box is ticked, a pop-up menu opens up asking you to select which data to clear.
Before you go crazy and check all the boxes, let’s quickly learn what they mean.
- Checking the Open Tabs closes all the tabs that are currently open in the browser.
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Browser History is a list of all the websites one has visited in the past.
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Search History removes individual search entries from the search suggestions box and does not mess with your recommendations. For example when you type in “P-O” you end up with harmless things like popcorn or poetry.
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Downloads are the list of all files you have downloaded from the browser.
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Form History data helps in quickly and automatically filling online forms. It includes address, phone numbers, names, etc.
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Cookies & Cache are the same as explained earlier.
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Offline Website Data are the files of websites stored on the computer that allows browsing even when the internet isn’t available.
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Site Settings are the permission granted to the website. These include allowing a website to access your camera, microphone or location, deleting these sets them back to default.
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Synced Tabs are the tabs that one has open in Firefox on other devices. For example: if you open a few tabs on your phone then you can see them on your computer through synced tabs.
7. Once you are sure about your choices click on “Set”.
Go back to the main menu and quit the application. Once you quit, all the data you selected to delete will be deleted.
3. Clearing Browser History on Opera
1. Open the Opera Application.
2. Tap on the red “O” Opera icon located at the bottom right.
3. From the pop-up menu, open “Settings” by pressing on the gear icon.
4. Pick the “Clear browsing data…” option located in the General section.
5. A Pop-up menu similar to the one in Firefox will open up asking for the kind of data to delete. The menu includes items like saved passwords, browsing history and cookies; all of which have been explained earlier. Depending on your needs and requirements, make your choice and tick the suitable boxes.
6. When you have made your decision, press “OK” to delete all your browser data.
Pro Tip: Use Incognito Mode or Private Browsing
You need to open your browser in the private browsing mode which creates a temporary session that is isolated from the browser’s main session and user data. Here, history is not saved and data associated with the session, for example, cookies and cache are deleted when the session is over.
Apart from the more popular use of hiding undesirable content (adult websites) from your history, it has a more practical use as well (like using systems that aren’t yours). When you log into your account from someone else’s system, there is a chance that you might accidentally save your details there or if you want to look like a fresh visitor on a website and avoid cookies that influence the search algorithm (avoiding cookies is exceptionally helpful while booking travel tickets and hotels).
Opening incognito mode is a simple 2 step process and very helpful in the long run:
1. In the Chrome Browser, tap on the three vertical dots located on the top right.
2. From the drop-down menu, select “New Incognito Tab”.
Viola! Now, all your online activity is hidden from the prying eyes and you can start afresh every time using Incognito Mode.
(A heads up: Your browsing activity isn’t completely invisible and private in incognito mode as it can be tracked by other websites or their Internet Service Provider (ISP) but not an average curious joe.)
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That’s it, hope the above guide was helpful and you were able to delete browser history on your Android device. But if you still have any queries regarding this tutorial then feel free to ask them in the comment section.
