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Keep your browsing history private on your Amazon Fire
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On an Amazon Fire tablet, the browser available for internet use is called the Silk Browser. Clearing your history can help you if you need to hide a website from your search bar or if your device is used by multiple people. By knowing how to clear your history, you can keep your internet use private.
Clearing Your Amazon Fire Browsing History
To access your browsing history, tap the three-dot icon and then tap History . You can delete one website by tapping the X button next to a website. Alternatively, you can delete multiple sites by tapping the trash can icon, selecting a time period of history to delete, and then tapping the Clear data button.
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Open Silk Browser on your device. If you want to clear your entire browsing history, or just your history within a time period, use this method. Find it on the "Home" or "Apps" screen, which can be accessed from the top of the device screen.
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Tap on the icon with three dots. It's to the right of the address bar. This opens the Amazon Silk menu.Advertisement
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Tap History . It has an icon of a clock, and is located next to the Downloads option.
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Tap the trash can icon. This button is located to the right of the "Search History" search bar. You will be taken to the "Clear browsing data" menu.
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Choose your time range. If you wish to clear every website you've ever visited from your history, choose the All time option.
- Other options you can choose are Last hour, Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, and Last 4 weeks .
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Check the box to the right of "Browsing history". There are three options (unless you switch to the Advanced "Clear browsing data" screen, which will give you six options), along with checkboxes next to each option. Tap the box next to "Browsing history.
- You also check the boxes next to "Cookies and site data", "Cached images" and files, along with "Saved passwords", "Autofill form data", and site settings on the Advanced menu, if you wish to clear these as well.
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Tap the orange Clear data button. It's in the bottom right corner of the screen. This will clear your browsing history as far back as you chose in your time range. [1] X Research source
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Open Silk Browser on your device. If there's only one website you want to remove from your Kindle Fire browsing history, you can delete it from your history. After turning on your Kindle Fire, you can find the Silk Browser on the "Home" or "Apps" screen.
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Tap on the icon with three dots. It's to the right of the address bar. This opens the Amazon Silk menu.
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Tap History . It has an icon of a clock, and is located next to the Downloads option.
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Use the search bar if necessary. The search bar is located under the main web bar next to a magnifying glass. Tap where it says Search History and type in the name of the website you wish to remove from your history.
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Tap the X to the right of the website name. Find the website you want to remove and tap the black X icon to remove the item from your history.
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Verify that the website was fully removed from your history. If you've been to the website multiple times or viewed different sections on one site, search your history again to remove the website again if needed.
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Open Silk Browser on Fire tablet and tap on the icon with three dots. Another way to clear your Kindle Fire browsing history is to do so from the Silk Browser's settings. Start by tapping the three-dot icon to the right of the address bar. This opens the Amazon Silk menu.
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Select the Settings option. It is located next to "Help & Support". This takes you to the Silk Settings menu page.
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Choose the Privacy option. This option is under "Silk Home" and above "Advanced".
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Tap Clear browsing data . Under "Do Not Track", this is the last option on the page.
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Choose your time range. Use the dropdown menu to choose either Last hour, Last 24 hours, Last 7 days, Last 4 weeks, or All time . To clear every website you've ever visited from your history, choose the All time option.
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Check the box to the right of "Browsing history". There are three options on the Basic page and six options on the Advanced page. Browsing history should be the first option available.
- If you wish, you can also clear "Cookies and site data", "Cached images and files", "Saved passwords", "Autofill form data", and "Site settings" if on the Advanced menu.
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Tap Clear data . This option is at the bottom right corner of the screen. Tapping this orange button will clear your history as far as you selected in your time range. [2] X Research source
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QuestionHow can I delete searches sorted by alphabet?LinnieTop AnswererThere's not a way to sort your history alphabetically, but you can use the search bar to type in the letters in order if you wish, searching for websites starting with A through Z manually.
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- Using private tabs will allow you to visit websites without them being added to your history. If you plan on visiting a website often, using a private tab will make it so you don't have to remove it from your history after each visit.Thanks
- Be aware, however, that files (such as images) that you open from your downloads in a private tab will still be added to your history. If you view a downloaded image in a private tab, remember to delete it from your downloads and remove it from your history.Thanks
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