chrome contains numerous security
features designed to give you a safe
browsing experience it also allows you
to control your privacy settings and
your browsing history allowing you to
keep your personal information private
whenever you visit a website a security
indicator may appear to the left of the
web address in the address bar
understanding this indicator will help
you stay safe when entering personal
information online if you see a padlock
the site is using a secure connection
always check for this icon when entering
sensitive information such as a credit
card number or your birthdate you can
click on the padlock to learn more about
the secure connection let's check a
different site on some sites you may see
not secured in the address bar click it
to get more details this is not
important for many websites such as news
or weather but you should avoid entering
any sensitive information on non secure
pages to keep you safe while browsing
chrome maintains a list of dangerous
websites that may try to install malware
on your computer or trick you into
revealing personal information if you
try to enter one of these sites it will
warn you with a message like this if you
see one of these messages click back to
safety to return to the last page you
visited to find out more about privacy
and security let's visit the settings
page click the more button select
settings and
like advanced at the bottom of the page
here you will see a variety of privacy
and security options we recommend that
you keep the default settings but if you
wish to modify them you can do so here
every website you visit is recorded in
the browsing history but there may be
times you want to clear that history to
delete it
scroll down to clear browsing data and
click it select the data you'd like to
delete then click the drop down menu to
choose a time frame to erase ranging
from the past hour to all the websites
you've ever visited once you've made
your choice click clear data and your
chosen browsing record will be wiped
away for additional privacy you can use
incognito mode
this opens a private browsing window
your history will not be recorded and
any cookies will be deleted when the
window is closed to open one click the
more button then select new incognito
window you can use this window just like
normal you'll know it's private thanks
to the incognito icon in the top right
corner keep in mind that browsing
privately does not make anything more
secure always be sure to check for a
secure connection before entering
private information on any site to leave
incognito mode simply close the window
if you use Gmail or other Google
services on a public computer be sure to
sign out of your Google account when you
finish your session this will log you
out of Google and chrome at the same
time if you want to sign into your
Google account without signing into
Chrome you can change your privacy
settings in the privacy and security
section locate allow Chrome sign-in by
default this option is turned on click
the slider to turn it off now when you
sign into Google you will not be signed
in to Chrome and those are the basics of
privacy and security in Chrome
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