{"id":2865,"date":"2020-12-03T10:55:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk\/?page_id=2865"},"modified":"2023-11-20T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:30:39","slug":"covering-your-tracks-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk\/covering-your-tracks-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Covering your tracks online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1716px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Covering your tracks online<\/h1>\n<p>You may not want other people to know that you\u2019ve been searching for information or help from websites such as Victim Support.<\/p>\n<p>When you browse the internet on a mobile phone, tablet or computer, you leave a \u2018history\u2019 trail of pages and sites you\u2019ve visited.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s impossible to completely avoid being tracked online but if you\u2019re worried about someone knowing which sites you\u2019ve been looking at, there are some things you can do to help cover your tracks.<\/p>\n<h2>While you\u2019re browsing \u2013 \u2018Leave this website\u2019 button<\/h2>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want someone to see that you\u2019re viewing the Victim Support website, you can click the \u2018Leave this website\u2019 button on the right, which will take you away from this site to the Google homepage.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re using a laptop or desktop computer, try keeping another document or website open in a new tab or window while browsing. If someone comes in the room and you don\u2019t want them to see what you\u2019re looking at, you can quickly switch to another window or tab.<\/p>\n<h2>Delete your browsing history<\/h2>\n<p>You can delete the history of websites you\u2019ve visited, but it\u2019s important to know that if you delete your browsing history, someone else using the same device may notice.<\/p>\n<p>If you share a tablet, mobile phone, laptop or computer with someone, they might notice that passwords or website addresses have disappeared from their history.<\/p>\n<p>Find out how to delete your browsing history from the most commonly used browsers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/95589?hl=en&amp;rd=1\">Chrome: delete your browsing history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox?redirectlocale=en-US&amp;redirectslug=remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history\">Firefox: delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/windows\/delete-webpage-history#1TC=windows-7\">Internet Explorer: deleting your web page history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/HT201265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safari: delete your browsing history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/help\/tutorials\/security\/sharing\/\">Opera: deleting private data<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Private browsing (incognito)<\/h2>\n<p>When you\u2019re browsing \u2018incognito\u2019, the internet browser won\u2019t store cookies or record your browsing history on the computer, mobile or tablet.<\/p>\n<p>This option is available on the most commonly used web browsers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/chrome\/answer\/95464?hl=en-GB\">Chrome: browse in private with incognito mode<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history\">Firefox: private browsing \u2013 using Firefox without saving history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/windows\/inprivate-faq#1TC=windows-7\">Internet Explorer: InPrivate browsing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/ph19216?locale=en_GB\">Safari: use private browsing windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/blogs\/news\/2014\/10\/how-to-open-private-window-opera-for-computers\/\">Opera: browse incognito \u2013 how to open private window<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Toolbars<\/h2>\n<p>If you use a search toolbar in your web browser, remember that your searched items can be saved as part of your history. Find out how to delete your searched items from the following search engines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/465?hl=en\">Google\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/profile\/history\">Bing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.yahoo.com\/kb\/SLN2203.html\">Yahoo! search<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Covering your tracks online - Victim Support<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victimsupport.org.uk\/covering-your-tracks-online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covering your tracks online - 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