Unlike Firefox, there is no option in Google Chrome web
browser that you can enable to have the browser delete browsing history when
you exit from the browser. In Firefox, through the Options window, you can have
the browser delete history upon exit but Google Chrome browser does not have
any such option that lets you clear browsing history upon exit, but there is
still an option that lets you delete cookies and other
sited data automatically when you exit from the browser.
In the
following How-to guide, we will guide you on how to use the Click & Clean
Extension for Chrome to make the Google Chrome browser automatically delete
browsing history upon exit. This extension, in addition to deleting browsing
history, it also deletes downloads history, remove temporary files, delete
cookies, cleans your hard drives and increases disk space, removes flash based
cookies etc.
This
simple, yet powerful extension lets you achieve all the above mentioned tasks
instantly with a single mouse click.
Clicking on the above download link will direct you to the Click &
Clean page of the Chrome’s web store where you can click on the Install button to start downloading the
add-on.
Once the download is completed, you will see a small Confirm
Installation dialog box. Click on the Install button to start installing the
extension in your browser.
Once the extension is installed in your chrome browser, you will see the
Click & Clean icon displayed to the right side of the address bar in your
browser.
So, once
you are done with your browsing session or you are about to exit from your
browser, close all the opened tabs and click on the Click & Clean icon.
Clicking
on the icon will display a drop down menu of items on your browser window.
From the list of Menu items displayed, click on the item that says Clear
private Data.
A small dialog box appears on your screen that displays the data that
gets cleared when you perform this current task. Click on Ok to proceed.
once you
click OK, all the browsing history, download history, temporary files and
cookies will be cleared from your browser.
now, you
can exit from the browser without worrying about your private data still being
stored in your browser or your computer.
You may be
thinking that, why do we need this extension when the browser itself provides
us with a feature called the Incognito mode which allows users to surf the web privately without
storing any browsing history, cookies and download history.
This is
because, the web pages that you visited while browsing the web may still
possibly hold some records and data of your visits and any temporary files that
gets stored on your PC will still remain in your PC unless and until you use an
external tool like C cleaner or Click & Clean to remove them. This is where
Click & Clean comes into play.
