Cover Your Internet Trail

Do you think someone is watching your Internet activity? Here are steps for covering your trail after you have visited and exited the website.

Click on the Tools menu, which is found on the top portion of the browser;
Select Internet Options;
Select the General tab, which is found near the top of the dialogue box;
Click on Delete Files, which is found under Temporary Internet Files section (located near the middle of the dialogue box);
In the new dialogue box, check the box that says Delete All Offline Content, and then click OK;
Click on Clear History, which is found under the History section (located near the bottom of the dialogue box); and then
Click OK to exit dialogue box.

Click on the Edit menu, which is found on the top portion of the browser;
Select Preferences;
Select History, which is found under Category (located on the left side of the dialogue box);
Click on Clear History, which is found under the Browsing History section (located on the top right side of the dialogue box);
Click on Clear Location Bar, which is found under the Location Bar History section (located near the middle of the right side of the dialogue box);
Select Cache, which is found under the Advanced section (located on the left side of the dialogue box);
Click on both Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache buttons; and then
Click OK to exit dialogue box.

Click on the Tools menu, which is found on the top portion of the browser;
Select the Privacy tab, which is found on the left side of the dialogue box;
Select History and click on the clear button;
Select Cache and click on the clear button;
Click OK to exit dialogue box.