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Microsoft edge contained numerous
security features designed to give you a
safe browsing experience it also allows
you to control your privacy settings and
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 if you
see a padlock that means the site is
using a secure connection always check
for this icon when entering sensitive
information such as a credit card number
or your birth date you can click on the
padlock to learn details about the
connection let's check a different site
if there is no padlock the website is
not using a secure connection this is
not important for many websites such as
news or weather but you should avoid
entering any sensitive information on
non secure pages you can also control
some of the information you share online
through your privacy settings click the
more button in the top right corner and
select settings scroll down and click
view advanced settings then locate the
privacy and services section here you
can customize your privacy by managing
your saved passwords blocking cookies
from websites and more click anywhere
outside of the menu to close it every
website you visit is recorded in the
browsing history but there may be times
you want to clear that history to erase
a single site click the hub button and
select the history button right
on the site you wish to remove then
click delete and if you want to delete
everything click on clear all history
near the top of the menu make sure
browsing history is checked then click
clear your entire browsing record will
be wiped away for additional privacy you
can use a private browsing window which
lets you browse the web without edge
recording your history to open one click
the more button then select new in
private window you can use this window
just like normal you'll know it's active
by finding the blue in private icon in
the top left corner keep in mind that
browsing privately does not make
anything more secure it only keeps your
history from being recorded while using
the private window to end your in
private session simply close the window
that covers privacy and security in
Microsoft edge