NetShred X | MacOS: How to Clear Cache, Delete History Automatically

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• How to clear Cache files
• How to clear Download Cache
• How to delete History
• How to erase Top Sites
• How to erase Favicons

Wiping Browser Data

• When you go to a site on the internet, your browser stores a copy of pages you visit, called cache files.
• Download cache is created by your browser when you download files from the internet. You can use NetShred X to clean this information so it can’t be recovered.
• When you go to a site on the internet, your browser stores the History of URL of pages you visit.
• A Top Sites page  gives you an at-a-glance thumbnail view of your favorite websites. If you’ve customizing this view by pinning a favorite site to a specific location on the page, you’ll want to retain your Top Sites when using NetShred X. Otherwise, you may want to erase your Top sites.
• Favicons are the thumbnails beside the URLs stored in your browser history.

When you clear or delete any of this browsing data, the information can still be recovered. You can use NetShred X to erase browsing data on your Mac so it can’t be recovered. (To erase browsing data you’ve previously deleted, you need to erase your free space.)

Requirements

• NetShred X

Instructions: How to Clear Cache, Download Cache, History, Top Sites, Favicons

1. From the “NetShred X” preferences dialog, click the “Shred” tab and check the appropriate check box for the data your want erased
   
   
   • To clear Browser Cache, tick the “Web Browser – Cache” checkbox
   
   
   • To clear Download Cache, tick the “Web Browser – Download” checkbox
   
   
   • To clear History, tick the “Web Browser – History” checkbox
   
   
   • To clear Top Sites, tick the “Web Browser – Top Sites” checkbox
   
   
   • To clear Favicons, tick the “Web Browser – Favicons” checkbox
   
   

   
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2. In NetShred X Preferences Enable Tab, tick the Web Browser you want to erase browser data for. (You don’t need to untick browsers you don’t use.)
   

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3. The next time NetShred X is run, it will clean]r your browser cache. By default, NetShred X is set up to run when you quit from your browser. To learn more about run options, click here.

NetShred X Help

• Read the FAQ
• Go to the NetShred Tutorials
• Read the NetShred Documentation
• Refer to the NetShred Specifications and System Requirements
• Can’t find what you’re looking for? Contact Support