Cover Your Tracks

Safety Information when visiting this site.
Hide your browsing.

Internet Explorer

• Click on the Tools menu (in the row at the top of the browser )
• Select Internet Options from the drop down menu.
• You should now be on a tab that says General if not select General.
• Under the title Temporary Internet Files click on Delete Files.
• You can also check the box that says delete all offline content.
• Then under History click on Clear History.
• Then click OK, at the bottom

Netscape

• Pull down the Edit menu.
• Select Preferences from the drop down menu.
• Click on Navigator (this may be a tab at the top or option in a list on left)
• Click on the Clear History button.
• Then click on Advanced (this may be a tab or an option in a list on the left. If it’s in a list lick on the + sign).
• Then select Cache.
• Click on Clear Disk Cache.
• On older versions of Netscape:
• Pull down the Options menu
• Select Network Options
• Select Cache
• Click on Clear Disk Cache.

AOL

Take the following steps to clear AOL’s browser cache:

• Go to Start – Programs – AOL – AOL System Information.
• Click the Utilities tab at the top of the window.
• Click the Clear Browser Cache button. The Current Cache Size will change to 0 KB.
• Now close the AOL System Information window by clicking the X in the top right-hand corner of the window.
• Connect to AOL to see if this has solved the problem. If not, try the following alternative method:

If AOL System Information is not listed in the Programs menu:

• Sign on to AOL as normal.
• Go to AOL Keyword Preferences.
• Click Internet Properties (www) – This will open the Internet Options window.
• Click Delete Files then click OK to delete your temporary Internet files.
• Now click OK to close the Internet Options window

PLEASE NOTE:

The information listed above may not completely hide your tracks.

The safest way to find information on the Internet is to do it in a safe place.

This could be at a local library or a friend’s house.