You can control your history and other browsing data, like saved form entries.
You can delete all of your data or just some from a specific time.
#What happens to your info
#Data that can be deleted
#Basic
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Browsing history:
Clearing your browsing history deletes the following:
- Web addresses you've visited are removed from the History page.
- Shortcuts to those pages are removed from the New Tab page.
- Address bar predictions for those websites are no longer shown.
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Cookies and other site data
- Cookies: Cookies are files created by websites you visit. They make your online experience easier by saving browsing information.
- Site data: HTML5-enabled storage types including application caches, , , and .
- Handlers. Chromium allows external applications and web services to open certain links. The default action you set for certain types of link will be deleted
- Media licenses: Licenses for HTML5 or Flash protected content, like movies or music that you’ve played or downloaded, are deleted.
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Cached images and files: Chromium remembers parts of pages to help them open faster during your next visit. Text and images from pages you've visited in Chromium are removed.
#Advanced
The "Advanced" section includes the basic data types, plus the following:
- Download history: The list of files you've downloaded using Chromium is cleared, but the actual files aren't removed from your computer.
- Passwords: Records of passwords you saved are deleted.
- Autofill form data: Your Autofill entries are deleted.
- Content settings: Settings and permissions you give to websites are deleted. For example, if a site can run JavaScript, use your camera, or know your location.
- Hosted app data: Data from hosted Chromium Web Store apps is erased.
#Data that doesn't get deleted
There are other types of data that are related to your behavior online. These other types of data can be deleted separately:
- Extensions: Extensions can store data on your computer or in your FydeOS Account.
#Delete your browsing data
If you , like bookmarks or extensions, deleting it on your computer will delete it everywhere it's synced. It'll be removed from other devices and your FydeOS Account.
- Open Chromium.
- At the top right, click More .
- Click More tools Clear browsing data.
- Choose a time range, like Last hour or All time.
- Select the types of information you want to remove.
- Click Clear data.
#Delete individual items
Instead of deleting entire categories of your browsing data, you can pick items to delete:
- Page you visited
- Downloaded file
- Saved password
- Cookies from a website
- Autofill entry
#Delete from one device
Deleting info from a device will delete it everywhere it's synced. To delete the data from one device without removing it everywhere:
- Turn off sync on the device.
- Delete the data from the device.