This makes it so others can’t go back through to see where you’ve been. Or you may just want to keep research into someone’s birthday present a secret.Īll major Web browsers provide two features to help you protect your privacy from people who can access your Mac: private browsing and clearing your browsing history.Īfter you invoke private browsing, the browser doesn’t store the URLs of visited pages in your browsing history. Even if you wouldn’t be embarrassed if your spouse were to see what sites you visited, you might not want a nosy pre-teen or housemate’s snoopy friend scrolling through your browser history.
And, particularly if you share a Mac with them, you might want to consider how you protect your browsing privacy. With so many of us working at home these days, it’s worth remembering that spouses, children, and roommates may have easy physical access to your Mac.
