Browser Settings On Mac

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If you're one of those people who like browsing through the Internet, communicate with friends using social media or watch funny videos online, you might have faced one of such problems one or more times:

Resetting your Safari browser on a Mac computer can help speed it up and get rid of any issues you may have encountered. But before you start, be aware that it will delete your installed.

  • Redirects to unknown pages
  • Unresponsive browsers tabs
  • Partial loading of certain webpages
  • Ads and popups etc.
  • The third-party Microsoft Edge web browser for Mac offers two significant privacy settings to users. These include web tracking prevention tools and the ability to remove browsing data with ease. No doubt, more privacy tools will arrive in the coming months in future app updates. Set your tracking prevention level.
  • The System Preferences application (basically, the settings on your Mac) is found in your Applications folder. It is also available from the Apple menu at the top-left of the screen (click the.
  • General Settings on a Mac The General pane is a grab-bag of options related to appearance, scroll bars, document behaviour and the number of recent items shown in the Apple menu.

These problems can occur while using any browser, so I guess it would be good to know what to do in case you have troubles with Safari, Chrome and Firefox.

Here's what you need to do to reset Safari:

Download adobe acrobat pro for mac free trial. Open Safari - Preferences - Privacy - Remove All Website Data.

Go to the Safari menu (At the very top right side of your screen next to Apple icon), choose 'Quit Safari', press 'Shift' button and while holding this button on your keyboard single click on the Safari icon on your Dock.

Open the Go menu with Option (Alt) key pressed - Library - locate Safari folder and delete it. Restart your Mac.

Here's what you need to do to reset Google Chrome:

Launch Chrome and open its Settings menu by clicking on the button in the top right-hand corner of the window.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit ‘Show advanced settings…'. Scroll down the window once again and locate the ‘Reset settings' menu. Confirm the process by hitting the ‘Reset' button in the dialog box you will see.

Here's what you need to do to reset Firefox:

Open Firefox and hit the Preferences button.

Select Privacy to clear all current history. In the dialog window, check all the boxes and click on the ‘Clear Now' button.

Settings

After that, open Firefox once again and visit this How to install vpn client on mac. webpage. There you should press the ‘Refresh Firefox' button.

Below you will find some additional reading on the topic:

Feel free to edit this user tip and let me know if it was helpful.

  • Before you begin
  • Mobile browsers
  • Desktop browsers

Before you begin

Clearing your web browser's cache, cookies, and history may remove data such as the following:

  • Saved passwords
  • Address bar predictions
  • Shopping cart contents, etc.

While you should clear your web browser's cache, cookies, and history periodically in order to prevent or resolve performance problems, you may wish to record some of your saved information first. If you are unable to do so, see Troubleshooting alternatives below.

For details about browser cache, cookies, and history, see: How to free up storage space on mac.

  • For desktop browsers, to quickly open menus used to clear your cache, cookies, and history, ensure that the browser is open and selected, and press Ctrl-Shift-Delete (Windows) or Command-Shift-Delete (Mac). If this doesn't work, follow the appropriate instructions below.
  • If the instructions below don't exactly match what you see, you may need to update your web browser to the latest version.

    If you don't see instructions below for your specific version or browser, search your browser's Help menu for 'clear cache'. If you're unsure what browser version you're using, from the Help menu or your browser's menu, select About [browser name]. In Firefox, if you don't see the menu bar, press Alt.

  • UITS strongly recommends that you use a supported browser, and not Internet Explorer (IE). IE 11, the last major version, no longer supports Microsoft Teams, and will stop supporting Microsoft 365 apps in August 2021.

Troubleshooting alternatives

If you need to clear your cache, cookies, and history for troubleshooting purposes, but aren't yet prepared to lose the content listed above, you may wish to consider using a private browsing window in your preferred browser as a temporary solution:

  • Private Browsing (Firefox)
  • Browse in private with Incognito mode (Chrome desktop and Android)

Mobile browsers

Android

Change Browser Setting On Mac

The steps to clear your cache, cookies, and history may differ depending on the model of your Android device and your preferred browser, but you should be able to clear your cache and data from your application management settings menu:

  1. Go to Settings and choose Apps or Application Manager.
  2. Swipe to the All tab.
  3. In the list of installed apps, find and tap your web browser. Tap Clear Data and then Clear Cache.
  4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Chrome for Android

  1. Tap Chrome menu > Settings.
  2. Tap (Advanced) Privacy.
  3. From the 'Time Range' drop-down menu, select All Time.
  4. Check Cookies and Site data and Cached Images and Files.
  5. Tap Clear data.
  6. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Safari for iOS

  1. Open your Settings app.
  2. Tap Safari.
  3. Tap Clear History and Website Data and confirm.
  4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Chrome for iOS

  1. Tap Chrome menu > Settings.
  2. Tap Privacy.
  3. Tap Clear Browsing Data.
  4. Choose the data type you want to clear.
  5. Tap Clear Browsing Data.
  6. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Desktop browsers

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Chrome

  1. In the browser bar, enter:
  2. At the top of the 'Clear browsing data' window, click Advanced.
  3. Select the following:
    • Browsing history
    • Download history
    • Cookies and other site data
    • Cached images and files

    From the 'Time range' drop-down menu, you can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information. To clear your entire cache, select All time.

  4. Click CLEAR DATA.
  5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Firefox

  1. From the History menu, select Clear RecentHistory.

    If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make itvisible.

  2. From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
  3. Next to 'Details', click the down arrow to choose which elements of the history to clear; to clear your entire cache, select all items.
  4. Click Clear Now.
  5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge Legacy support ends on March 9, 2021. If you still have Edge Legacy, UITS recommends installing the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge by running Windows Update.

  1. In the top right, click the Hub icon (looks like star with three horizontal lines).
  2. Click the History icon (looks like a clock), and then select Clear all history.
  3. Select Browsing history, then Cookies and saved website data, and then Cached data and files. Click Clear.
  4. After the 'All Clear!' message appears, exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Opera

  1. From the Opera menu, select Settings, then Privacy & Security, and then Clear browsing data...
  2. In the dialog box that opens, from the 'Obliterate the following items from:' drop-down menu, select The beginning of time.
  3. Select the following:
    • Browsing history
    • Download history
    • Cookies and other site data
    • Cached images and files
  4. Click Clear browsing data.
  5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Safari 8 and later

Default Browser Settings On Mac

Mac web browsers

After that, open Firefox once again and visit this How to install vpn client on mac. webpage. There you should press the ‘Refresh Firefox' button.

Below you will find some additional reading on the topic:

Feel free to edit this user tip and let me know if it was helpful.

  • Before you begin
  • Mobile browsers
  • Desktop browsers

Before you begin

Clearing your web browser's cache, cookies, and history may remove data such as the following:

  • Saved passwords
  • Address bar predictions
  • Shopping cart contents, etc.

While you should clear your web browser's cache, cookies, and history periodically in order to prevent or resolve performance problems, you may wish to record some of your saved information first. If you are unable to do so, see Troubleshooting alternatives below.

For details about browser cache, cookies, and history, see: How to free up storage space on mac.

  • For desktop browsers, to quickly open menus used to clear your cache, cookies, and history, ensure that the browser is open and selected, and press Ctrl-Shift-Delete (Windows) or Command-Shift-Delete (Mac). If this doesn't work, follow the appropriate instructions below.
  • If the instructions below don't exactly match what you see, you may need to update your web browser to the latest version.

    If you don't see instructions below for your specific version or browser, search your browser's Help menu for 'clear cache'. If you're unsure what browser version you're using, from the Help menu or your browser's menu, select About [browser name]. In Firefox, if you don't see the menu bar, press Alt.

  • UITS strongly recommends that you use a supported browser, and not Internet Explorer (IE). IE 11, the last major version, no longer supports Microsoft Teams, and will stop supporting Microsoft 365 apps in August 2021.

Troubleshooting alternatives

If you need to clear your cache, cookies, and history for troubleshooting purposes, but aren't yet prepared to lose the content listed above, you may wish to consider using a private browsing window in your preferred browser as a temporary solution:

  • Private Browsing (Firefox)
  • Browse in private with Incognito mode (Chrome desktop and Android)

Mobile browsers

Android

Change Browser Setting On Mac

The steps to clear your cache, cookies, and history may differ depending on the model of your Android device and your preferred browser, but you should be able to clear your cache and data from your application management settings menu:

  1. Go to Settings and choose Apps or Application Manager.
  2. Swipe to the All tab.
  3. In the list of installed apps, find and tap your web browser. Tap Clear Data and then Clear Cache.
  4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Chrome for Android

  1. Tap Chrome menu > Settings.
  2. Tap (Advanced) Privacy.
  3. From the 'Time Range' drop-down menu, select All Time.
  4. Check Cookies and Site data and Cached Images and Files.
  5. Tap Clear data.
  6. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Safari for iOS

  1. Open your Settings app.
  2. Tap Safari.
  3. Tap Clear History and Website Data and confirm.
  4. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Chrome for iOS

  1. Tap Chrome menu > Settings.
  2. Tap Privacy.
  3. Tap Clear Browsing Data.
  4. Choose the data type you want to clear.
  5. Tap Clear Browsing Data.
  6. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Desktop browsers

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Chrome

  1. In the browser bar, enter:
  2. At the top of the 'Clear browsing data' window, click Advanced.
  3. Select the following:
    • Browsing history
    • Download history
    • Cookies and other site data
    • Cached images and files

    From the 'Time range' drop-down menu, you can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information. To clear your entire cache, select All time.

  4. Click CLEAR DATA.
  5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Firefox

  1. From the History menu, select Clear RecentHistory.

    If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make itvisible.

  2. From the Time range to clear: drop-down menu, select the desired range; to clear your entire cache, select Everything.
  3. Next to 'Details', click the down arrow to choose which elements of the history to clear; to clear your entire cache, select all items.
  4. Click Clear Now.
  5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge Legacy support ends on March 9, 2021. If you still have Edge Legacy, UITS recommends installing the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge by running Windows Update.

  1. In the top right, click the Hub icon (looks like star with three horizontal lines).
  2. Click the History icon (looks like a clock), and then select Clear all history.
  3. Select Browsing history, then Cookies and saved website data, and then Cached data and files. Click Clear.
  4. After the 'All Clear!' message appears, exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Opera

  1. From the Opera menu, select Settings, then Privacy & Security, and then Clear browsing data...
  2. In the dialog box that opens, from the 'Obliterate the following items from:' drop-down menu, select The beginning of time.
  3. Select the following:
    • Browsing history
    • Download history
    • Cookies and other site data
    • Cached images and files
  4. Click Clear browsing data.
  5. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-open the browser.

Safari 8 and later

Default Browser Settings On Mac

Browser Settings Safari

  1. From the Safari menu, select Clear History.. or Clear History and WebsiteData...
  2. Select the desired time range, and then click Clear History.
  3. Go to Safari > Quit Safari or press Command-Q to exit the browser completely.




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