staying safe online
If you’re worried about someone finding out you've been on this website, there are a number of steps you can take to stay safe online.
Delete your browsing history
Follow the instructions below to remove your browsing history from your phone, tablet or laptop.
Chrome and Android
Open the Chrome app
Select More >> Settings
Under Advanced, select Privacy then clear browsing data
At the top, select the dropdown under Clear data from the past hour / past day...
Select the types of information you want to remove
Select clear data
Safari and iOS
Open settings and select Safari
Scroll down to Clear History and Website Data
You’ll be presented with a popup warning you that this action will clear your history, cookies, and other browsing data from this and any other devices (such as iPads) that are signed into your iCloud account
Select Clear History and Data and everything will be erased
Open Internet Explorer (IE)
IE 9: In the upper right corner, click the gear/cog icon
IE 8: From the Tools menu, select Internet Options >> Internet Options
On the General tab, under Browsing History, click Delete
Un-check the Preserve Favourites website data box
Check the Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and History boxes
You can leave the Form data, Passwords, and inPrivate Filtering data boxes un-checked or check them to delete this data if you want to
Click Delete
Click OK, then close the Internet Explorer window and reopen
Firefox
Tap the Menu button
Select Settings (you may need to select More first)
Scroll down to the Privacy & Security section and choose Clear Private Data
Select the items you want to clear and then select Clear Data
Private browsing
Once you’ve deleted your browsing history, it might be worth familiarising yourself with your browser’s private browsing mode, which opens a secure window that stores nothing about your activity on your device. Online services may still be able to see what you do, but there won’t be any traces of your activity (such as history, web cache, cookies, etc) for your abuser to find.
Chrome and Android
Open the Chrome app
Tap More >> New Incognito tab
A new window will open. In the top right, check for the grey Incognito icon
iOS
On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, open Safari
Select the overlapping-square icon in the bottom right-hand corner
Select Private, then select Done
Safari
Hold down Command+Shift+N
This will open a new window with private browsing enabled
Alternatively, go to File >> New Private Window
Internet Explorer
Open browsing window
Hold down Ctrl+Shift+P shortcut key
Or go to Menu >> Safety >> InPrivate Browsing
Firefox
Open browser
Click the menu button New Fx Menu
Then click New Private Window
Private browsing windows have a purple mask at the top
There’s more about how to stay safe on our get safe page. Or take a look at our self-help tools for ideas about moving forward. Please just contact us if you need to someone to talk to. We’re here to help.