How to delete browsing history on an Android phone or tablet

If you want to protect your privacy from nosy friends or partners who may have access to your Android phone or tablet, it's a good idea to delete your internet browsing history after you have finished using the browser on your Android device.

If you have installed more than one browser, each one will have it's own browsing history and these will need to be deleted separately.

Default Android Browser (Internet)

Phones or tablets using Android 4.0 or earlier versions have a built-in browser called "Internet". To delete the browsing history from this go to Menu > Settings > Privacy Settings.

You will see a list of options including "Clear cache, Clear history, Clear all cookie data, Clear form data, and Clear location access". Select all of these to clear your browsing history.

If you would also like to remove any stored passwords, go to Security settings and choose the clear passwords option.

Opera Mobile Browser

Open the Opera browser, go to Settings > Privacy.

Choose which to delete by tapping the X beside each option.

Firefox for Android

Open Firefox, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Clear Private Data.

Choose what you want to delete and then press Clear data.

Chrome for Android

Open Chrome, go to Menu > Settings > Privacy > Clear Browsing Data.

 

Select whatever you want to delete and press Clear.