If you are still unsure whether you need to clear all Internet history or not, read about the following top 10 reasons why you should not hesitate about wiping off the details about your browsing habits:

·If you have been surfing online while at work, it may be detrimental to your career if your boss finds out about your online escapades.

·If you have the habit of using a computer shared by others for accessing sensitive information like your bank account details etc, your friends or co-workers may misuse such information if they are able to lay their hands on such sensitive data.

·If you do not want to compromise your image of a good partner, you need to keep the details of some sites visited by you (especially, the porn sites) away from your spouse.

·As your computer saves a list of sites that you have visited, you may want to wipe out such details and not allow your kids (who have access to the computer) to know what their parent had been doing online.

·Apart from cluttering your hard disk, Internet cache (temporary Internet files
) stored on your computer can be a potential threat to your privacy. So, you need to erase such files.

·When your computer saves Internet cookies during your browsing session, you need to erase them before closing your browser window or keep the chance of getting your browsing habits exposed.

·If you are working on some confidential matters that need the use of Internet, such information may be known to all if you forget to delete your Internet history.

·When you download some files and documents from the Internet, you should erase the traces lest they fall into the wrong hands.

·As a list of files and documents recently opened by you is stored by Windows, you need to take care of such records related to downloaded files and documents. Otherwise, any person who can access your computer can view this list and directly connect to such items opened by you.

·Each time you open or save a file (general or downloaded), a record of this activity is kept by the Windows. Unless you delete such records, your privacy may be violated.

So, clear all Internet histor and safeguard your online browsing habits.

Once you have understood the need to delete search history, the next step is to perform the action. Here are some tips that will make your task easier. If you are using Internet Explorer 7, follow these steps to delete your search history:

· Select “Tools” and then choose “Internet Options”.
· Next, choose the tab marked “General”.
· Click the “Delete” button that can be seen under “Browsing history” region.
· To delete Address bar history (the list of web sites visited by you), select “Delete history” and then click on the button marked “Yes”.

Users of Firefox can delete search history with the help of the following steps:

· Select in succession “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”.
· Go to the Private area and opt for “Clear Now”.
· In the window marked “Clear Private Data”, check “Browsing history” and select “Clear Private Data Now”.
· Finally, click OK.

If users of AOL browser want to delete search history, the following guideline can help them perform the task:

· Locate the “Settings” button at the top part of the AOL window.
· Click on this “Settings” button.
· Next, you should choose “Preferences” and then select “Toolbar and Sounds”.
· Finally, click the button marked “Clear history trail now”.

Opera users can delete the history of visited sites by performing these steps:

· Go to the “Tools” menu.
· Choose “Delete Private Data”.
· Click the button marked “Details”.
· Select “Clear history of visited links”.
· Click the “Delete” button.

If Netscape browser is your preferred choice, you can delete search history by clicking the menu marked “Edit” and then selecting “Preferences” and “History” in succession. At the final stage, you will need to click on the button labeled “Clear History”. This will erase the data stored in your computer that can expose your browsing habits.

Irrespective of whatever browser you use, it is important to delete search history. If you don’t do this, your privacy as well as security may get seriously compromised. So, in order to safeguard the details of what you have doing online and prohibit such information from falling into the wrong hands, always delete search history.