
This way, other people with access to the same computer or device cannot know what you have visited on the web just by looking at your web browser. When you browse privately, your session's browsing history gets automatically deleted when you close all the private browsing tabs and windows. When you browse the web, the web browser stores a log of everything you have visited, so that you can access this information later or autocomplete addresses when you type them in the address bar.
Deletes the browsing history from your browsing session. However, when you close all the private browsing tabs and windows, these files are deleted, so that they cannot be accessed and used by anyone else who knows where to look for them on the disk. All these files are stored on your computer for your private browsing session's duration to make browsing faster. When you visit a website, files get downloaded to your computer or device, like images, styling files, and so on. Deletes temporary files and the cache from your browsing session. When you close all the private browsing tabs and windows, this data is deleted and cannot be reused by anyone. When browsing the web, you may need to enter data into all kinds of forms, manually. Deletes the data you type in forms, like sign-up pages, login pages, or contact pages. Cookies from non-private browsing sessions remain as they are. In that case, they are NOT automatically logged in with your account(s). Suppose someone else tries to visit the same websites in a new browsing window. This means that if you have logged into Facebook, Gmail, YouTube, or some other website, when you close all the private browsing tabs and windows, these cookies are deleted, and you are automatically signed out.
Deletes stored cookies from your browsing sessions when closing private browsing. In all the major web browsers, private browsing does the following: Private browsing is a slightly more private way of browsing the web, compared to normal web browsing.
What is private browsing? What does it do?