1. How to clear an Internet Cache

It is possible for someone to see which websites you have visited by looking at your computer's cache file. This stores parts of web pages on your local hard drive for easier accessibility and shorter download times. You can empty your cache file in your browser settings to prevent someone looking at the websites you have accessed.

Follow these directions to clear your internet cache:

Internet Explorer:

From the menu bar, select Tools.
Select Internet Options.
Under General Tab, look for Temporary Internet Files.
Click on Delete Files.
Select the Delete All Offline Content checkbox and click OK.
Click OK once more to return to your browser.

From the menu bar, select Edit.
Select Preferences.
From Advanced menu, select Cache.
Click on the Clear Memory Cache button.
Click on the Clear Disk Cache button.
Click OK to return to browser.

Pull down Options menu.
On General page, under Temporary Internet Files click on Delete Files.
Under History, click on Clear History.

While on windows desktop
Click on the Start button, then Programs then AOL then AOL System Information.
Click Utilities at the top of the window.
Click Clear Browser Cache. The Current Cache Size will change to 0KB.
Close the AOL System Information window by clicking the X in the top right hand corner of the window.

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 and then click OK to delete your temporary Internet files.
Now click OK to close the Internet Options window.

From the menu bar,
select Tools.
Select Options
select the Privacy icon on the left
select Cache in the window and click on Clear

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2. How to remove sites from the browser history

The browser history is different from the internet cache and is located through the browser history function and keeps a temporary bookmark on all of the pages you've previously visited in a period of time.

To prevent anyone seeing your visits to a particular site, it is necessary to follow the directions below. You will need to clear this information every time you look at a site you do not wish someone to see that you have accessed.

NOTE If this is done properly there will be no signs that anything has changed. Be careful not to delete the entire history, as there is a risk that other users will notice that their history has been cleared.

Select View from menu bar.
Highlight Explorer bar.
Select History.
A bar shows up on the left hand side. Select the item you wish to delete.
Right click on the selected folder and select Delete.

From menu bar select Tasks.
Highlight Tools.
Open the folder in which you wish to delete an item.
Open the Sites folder.
Select an item in the folder you wish to delete.
From the menu bar select Edit.
Select Delete entire domain.

Mozilla Firefox

Click on the View menu
click on Sidebar
Click on History a menu will appear on the left
Select the items you wish to delete
Right click on the item then left click Delete

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3. How to remove cookies from your hard drive

Cookies are small pieces of code left behind by web pages to store frequently requested information. It is not a good idea to delete all your cookie files because, if you do, all stored passwords, user information, and preferences from various sites will be forgotten and you will have to re-enter all this information.

This will be an obvious change.

Therefore, you only need to delete cookies from sites that are high risk. This information will need to be cleared after every time you have looked at a site you do not wish someone to see that you have accessed. Also, note that all browsers will allow you to delete a single item.

Select Tools from the menu bar.
Select Internet options.
Under the General tab look for Temporary Internet Files.
Click on Settings.
Click on View Files.
A list of cookies will appear. Most of the filenames will be in this format [username@domain [ie.Username @cnet].
Select the cookie you wish to delete.
Right mouse click and select Delete.

From the menu bar select Edit.
Select Preferences.
Under Privacy & Security select Cookies.
Click View Stored Cookies.
Select the cookie you wish to delete.
Click Remove Cookie. Do not tick the checkbox title Don't allow removed cookies to be reaccepted later. This will add them to a list easily accessible through the Cookies Sites tab.

From the menu bar,
select Tools.
Select Options
select the Privacy icon on the left
select Cookies
in the window and click on Stored Cookies
click on the cookie or cookies you wish to delete
click on Remove cookie
Do not tick the checkbox title Don't allow sites that set removed cookies to set future cookies.

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4. Keeping email safe

• Set up an alternative email address with one of the many free web mail services such as yahoo, hotmail, or lycos.

• Delete messages from both your inbox and recycle bin/deleted items as soon as you have read them.

• If you believe your account is secure, choose a password that will be difficult for anyone to guess. You will need to delete your viewing of the email service provider's site from your browser history.