Is there any way to stop specific sites appearing in browser history? [duplicate]
I am using Firefox and Chrome. There a few websites only which I don't want anyone to know I visit. But they appear in browser history or when I start typing they also come as auto complete. I have to manually delete them.
Is there any way or add-on which I can install and then I can define the sites that I don't want to appear in history?
Incognito mode is also available, but if I use that, all of my cookies are cleared and I have to enter all my log-in stuff again.
You can use Private mode of browser. Websites you visited will not be stored in history.
On Firefox: press Ctrl + Shift + P
On Chrome: press Ctrl + Shift + N
- Use Browser-Profiles:
You can start Firefox with a Link pointing to "firefox -P profile-name" If you put this link in your start-menu you can use a certain profile just for yourself. Whenever you give the Lapotp away, they will use the Desktop-Link which uses the default profile with no history whatsoever.
- Don't create browser history: You can individually set if the browser should keep cookies/cache/login and URL-history. So just disable URL-history and leave everything else on!
The main problem seems to be that other people are guessing your password, and thus logging in seeing all your information. (Either that or you forget to log out). Fix that and there are no more problems.
A bit longer:
- You log in: You get your desktop, your shortcuts, your firefox profile (and only your information and explicitly shared information).
- Someone else logs in: they get their desktop, their shortcuts, their firefox profile (and not your information).
This is the way modern system are set up. If you violate that by using a single account then you will always share information. You cannot prevent your other self from seeing what you do.
You can make it harder. E.g. encrypt files, or use multiple browser profiles, but that will merely make it harder. The only proper way is to make sure other people log in with their own account and that they do not have admin rights.