The instructions below are for a desktop browser, not mobile phones or other devices which may be different.

• Open Google Chrome
• Click on the Chrome menu icon in the top right hand corner (it looks like three lines)
• Choose 'More tools'
• Click on 'Clear browsing data'
• A pop up window will appear. Choose a time range to clear from the drop down list. For example, 'the past hour'
• Tick all of the boxes
• Click 'Clear browsing data'.

To delete history on a desktop or laptop:

• Go to the Safari menu at top right of the screen (looks like a wheel)
• Click on 'Preferences...'
• A pop up will appear. Select the 'Privacy' tab
• Select the 'Remove All Website Data...' button.

For iPhones:

• Go to Settings
• Go to Safari
• Scroll down until you see 'Clear History and Website Data' in blue text
• Click 'Clear History and Website Data' to delete history.

The instructions below are for a desktop browser, not mobile phones or other devices which may be different.

• At the top of the window click on the menu button which looks like three lines
• Click on 'Show your History' icon. It looks like a clock
• Click on 'Clear Recent History'
• A pop up window will appear. Choose a time range to clear from the drop down list. For example, you can just choose to clear the 'Last Four Hours'
• Click on 'Clear Now'.

The instructions below are for a desktop browser, not mobile phones or other devices which may be different.

• Go to the 'Start page'
• Click on a clock symbol called 'History' on the left-hand side of the screen.
• A window will appear with your history
• Click on the 'Clear browsing data...' button at the top right
• A pop-up window will appear
• You can select to clear history from different times, like for example 'the past hour'
• Tick all boxes and press 'Clear browsing data'.

The instructions below are for a desktop browser and some touch devices. Mobile phones and some devices may be different.

To pick certain websites and delete them from your history:

• Move your mouse to the right hand side of the page (or tap on it if you have a touch screen to bring up a side panel). Tap or click the Favourites button (it looks like a star). This will bring up a drop-down menu
• Choose the History tab. Now you can choose how you want to view your history. 'View By Date' shows your last 3 weeks of history. 'View By Site' shows a list of sites you visited in the last 3 weeks but not the dates of your visits. 'View By Most Visited' only shows the sites you visited the most in the last 3 weeks. 'View By Order Visited Today' only shows sites you've visited today
• Right-click (or press and hold) a site from any of these lists, then click (or tap) Delete. This will delete the site from your history.

To delete all your history:

• Click the Tools button in the top right of the screen (it looks like a wheel)
• Choose Safety, then click Delete browsing history
• Tick each box: Temporary Internet files, Cookies, History, Download History, Form data, Passwords, and Filtering data
• Click on Delete.

The instructions below are for a desktop browser, not mobile phones or other devices which may be different.

• Move your mouse to the right hand side of the page to bring up a side panel. Click on the 'Settings' icon (it looks like a wheel shape) and click on 'Internet Options'
• Go to the 'Safety' menu and select 'Delete'.

The instructions below are for desktop browsers, not mobile phones or other devices which may be different.

Internet Explorer 9

• Click on the 'gear' icon in the top right hand corner of the screen. It looks like a little wheel. Then click on Internet Options
• This will make a box pop up with the names of several different sections along the top. You will already be in the section called General
• In the General section under Browser History, select the Delete button
• Tick each box: Temporary Internet files, Cookies, History, Download History, Form data, Passwords, InPrivate Filtering data
• Un-tick the 'Preserve Favourites website data'
• Click Delete to clear everything.

Internet Explorer 7 and 8

• Go to the menu bar at the top of the page. Click on the Tools menu and select Internet Options. This will make a box pop up with the names of several different sections along the top. You will already be in the section called General
• In the General section under Browser History, select the Delete button
• You can select and delete each section: Temporary internet files; Cookies, History; Form data and Passwords
• You can also just select the 'Delete all' button at the bottom to clear everything.

Internet Explorer 6
If you use Internet Explorer 6, go to the menu bar at the top of the page.

• Click on Tools
• Go to the bottom of the dropdown menu and click on Internet Options. This will open a box with the names of several different sections along the top. You will already be in the section called General
• In the middle of this box is a section called 'Temporary Internet Files'. Click on the button marked 'Delete files'
• When the box pops up, tick the 'Delete all offline content' box and then click OK
• When your computer finishes deleting your temporary internet files, you will be back in the General Internet Options box
• Look at the section below called History. Here you can click on the 'Clear History' button
• A pop-up box will ask you if you want to delete all items in your history folder. Click 'Yes'
• Click 'OK' to close the Internet Options box.

To pick certain websites and delete them from your history:

• Click on the ‘hub’ icon in the top right hand corner. It looks like 3 lines
• Click on the history icon. This looks like a clock
• Hover over the pages you want to delete and click the ‘x’ on the right hand side.

To delete all your history and saved passwords:

• Click on the ‘more’ icon in the top right hand corner. It looks like 3 lines
• Click settings
• Under “Clear browsing data” click “Choose what to clear.”
• Tick each box: Temporary Internet files, Cookies, History, Cached data and files, Passwords, Form data and Download History
• Click clear.