Clear Chrome browsing history
- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
- macOS onlyThis script improves your privacy on macOS
- Impact: HighSystem Functionality Loss Risk: High
This action improves privacy with high impact when you run the recommended script. - Bash (Shell script)These changes use macOS system commands to update your settings.
- Fully reversible
You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using this website.
The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
Overview
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This plan: clear Chrome browsing history — provides step-by-step instructions for how to empower sensitive privacy maintenance choices on macOS.
Fostering mutual respect and understanding is a hallmark of system data privacy safeguard. In a few steps, configure personal data privacy protection preferences: pick the right step and start moving ahead. Focus on completing one step at a time. Multitasking or skipping around could cause unnecessary complications.
References
- Leveraging Privacy Profiles to Empower Users in the Digital Society
- Default app settings can pose a risk to user privacy
- Recommended Settings for Desktop/Laptop Devices
- Assessing User Understanding, Perception and Behaviour with Privacy and Permission Settings
- Online privacy literacy and users' information privacy empowerment: the case of GDPR in Europe
Technical Details
- This tweak changes user environment to be able to reduce secure privacy defenses risks and this would help to obtain secure preference management. To reach optimized profile loading, it helps make the system handle more work.
- By applying this file operations, this script configures your system to benefit from file leakage prevention to help increase privacy. This helps improve application responsiveness, to realize improved disk performance.
- The instruction set here adjusts record sanitization to accomplish comprehensive sanitization and this executable can also help to reinforce personal data assurance. To achieve improved system speed, this customization helps accelerate the system.
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This script is not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality.
Consider creating a Time Machine backup before doing any changes.
Apply Now
Choose one of three ways to apply:
Help
How to apply or restore "Clear Chrome browsing history" using script
- ≈ 3 min to complete
- Tools: Web Browser
- Difficulty: Medium
- ≈ 5 instructions
- 1
Download
Download the script file by clicking on the button above.
Use button above to restore changes. - 2
Keep the file
If warned by your browser, keep the file. - 3
Open
Open the downloaded file. - 4
Exit
Once it's done, press any key to exit the window. - 5
Restart
Restart your computer for all changes to take effect.
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Help
How to apply or restore "Clear Chrome browsing history" using privacy.sexy
- ≈ 3 min to complete
- Tools: privacy.sexy
- Difficulty: Simple
- ≈ 4 instructions
- 2
Choose script
- Search for the script name: Clear Chrome browsing history
- Check the script by clicking on the checkbox.
- 3
Run
Click on ▶️ Run button at the bottom of the page.This button only appears on desktop version (recommended). On browser, use 💾 Save button.
- Apply
- Revert
rm -rfv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History &>/dev/null
rm -rfv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History-journal &>/dev/null
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Help
How to apply or restore "Clear Chrome browsing history" using commands
- ≈ 2 min to complete
- Tools: Terminal app
- Difficulty: undefined
- ≈ 3 instructions
- 1
Open terminal
Open Terminal app. - 2
Copy code
Copy the code: - 3
Paste & run
Paste the code into Terminal and press Enter to run.Some changes require a system restart to take effect
Similar Guides
Wider Goal
Guides below includes this guide to achieve a wider goal.See other more general settings that includes this one as one of its actions.These plans combine multiple privacy settings, including this one, for stronger protection.
- Clear Chrome history
- Clear browser history
- Privacy cleanup
Same Goal
Another guide in Clear Chrome history See settings that are in the same category as this guide.Using other actions in the same category may help you achieve your goal better.
About the Creators
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- Open-source developer since 2005
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- Testers, reviewers, developers
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- Community since 2017
Reviewed By
This guide has undergone comprehensive auditing and peer review:Expert review by undergroundwires
- Verified technical accuracy and editorial standards
- Assessed system impact and user privacy risks
- Audited and verified using automated security tests
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- Millions of end-users tested across different environments
- Audited and verified using third-party security software
History
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