Cover your tracks

We explain how you can keep what's private, private.

How to clear cookies

A cookie is a small text file stored on your browser and hard drive that uniquely identifies your browser. Lifetracks.com uses cookies to record certain statistical information about the way the site is used. None of this information is matched to particular users or individual IP addresses.

To clear your cookies in Windows Explorer:

  1. Open your start menu and select search/find files
  2. Type 'cookie' into the search box and make sure you are searching in folders and files
  3. Select 'My computer' in the 'Look in' box
  4. Activate the search by clicking on the search button
  5. Open each of the folders found by double clicking on them
  6. Select the cookie files (text files) you want to delete
  7. Hit the delete button on your keyboard

Or to clear your cookies in Internet Explorer:

  1. Click on the Tools menu
  2. Select 'Internet options' in the dropdown and a box will appear offering you several choices, you will already be in the 'General' section and that's where you want to be
  3. In the section marked 'Temporary internet files' click on the 'Delete files' button
  4. A box will pop up, tick the 'Delete all offline content' option and then click 'OK'
  5. Click 'OK' to close the Internet options box

You should exit your browser and restart your computer after completing either of these procedures.

How to clear browser history

Your browser will store links to all the sites you've visited in your browser history. To make sure other people cannot see your history you need to clear it within your browser.

To clear your history in Internet Explorer:

  • Click on the 'Tools' menu
  • Select 'Internet options' in the dropdown and a box will appear offering you several choices, you will already be in the 'General' section and that's where you want to be
  • In the section marked 'History' click on the 'Clear history' button
  • A box will pop up, asking you if you want to delete all items in your history, click 'Yes'
  • Click 'OK' to close the Internet options box

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