In today’s article, we are going to see how to prevent Chrome and Firefox from saving my data in autocomplete. To improve the security of your private data, it is best to prevent browsers from saving it automatically.
The data that is saved in our browser is safe, there is no doubt about that. The problem comes when someone uses our PC and can access such data, in the same way, that we would.
So the best thing in these cases is to choose healthily and directly not save data in it. In this way, no matter how much someone has access to our PC, they will not be able to access our private information, since it will not be stored in it.
So that, in this way, both browsers do not have any data from us and we remain more confident that no one will be able to access them in any way.
How to avoid autocomplete in Google Chrome
- What we will do is enter ” Settings ” in Chrome. We do this from the three points that appear in the upper right corner of the screen.
- As soon as a new window opens we can see a section that says ” Autocomplete “.
- In this section, we will see three options: passwords, payment methods and addresses.
- When entering in each one of the sections we will see the stored information corresponding to each one of them.
- To deactivate this information and prevent it from being saved we have to uncheck the save and autocomplete boxes.
- From this moment on, no more information will be saved.
How to prevent Firefox from saving information in autocomplete
- The first thing we will do is enter ” Options ” from the lines found in the upper right area of the screen.
- After this, we will go to ” Privacy Setting and safety “.
- Now we will have to go to where it says ” History ” and modify the options that come by default.
- Firefox is marked “Trim history” so let’s change it to ” Do not trim history “.
From this moment on, it will no longer store information about the sites we visit, passwords, user names, credit cards, etc.
How to clear autocomplete in Chrome
- The first thing you will do is open Chrome and click on the three points that appear on the top right. A menu with many options is displayed. Although we are interested in the one that says ” More tools “.
- After this, we are going to go to ” Clear browsing data “.
- Go to the ” Advanced Settings ” tab.
- Here we are going to have to select all the data that we want to delete.
- Once marked, we have to make sure that in ” Time interval ” ” Since always ” is selected.
- Next, click on the ” Clear data ” button to delete all the data that you previously marked.
How to clear autocomplete in Firefox
- In the case of Firefox, we will have to click on the menu that is found in the upper right and then on ” Options “.
- Here we must go to ” Privacy and security “.
- Then we are going to go to the ” History ” section.
- In this section, we will have to choose ” Clear history “.
- In the same way that happens with Chrome, we will have to mark all the information that we want to delete.
- We must also clarify the time range that we want to clean at the top.
- Once we have everything selected, the only thing left to do is click on “ Clean now ”.