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13.3.13

2 How to Quickly Re-Open Accidentally Closed Browser-Tabs

Here's a quick tip on how to recover accidentally deleted tabs on your browser.
Though this feature is added to the context menu of some browsers, it isn't in most.

So, anytime you close a valid tab unknowingly/mistakenly, all you

11.3.13

3 How To View/Disable Plug-ins In All Browsers

For some reasons best known to you, you might want to disable/view plug-ins on your PC's browsers.
These Plug-ins consists of Flash players, Java etc and often adds some loop-hole to the security of the Computer.

Therefore in this tutorial, we'll be relating on how to disable these individual plug-ins on all popular browsers.
Note :
Each browser has its own peculiarity as well as different ways of viewing these installed Plug-ins.

Mozilla Firefox

Accessing installed plug-ins in Mozilla is quite easy compared to other browsers.
Just Click on the Firefox Menu button » Add ons » Plugins

Now, to disable individual plugins, simply click on the ‘Disable’ button.
You can equally get additional information about a specific plugin by clicking Options.

To gain access to firefox's old plug-ins page, type the following in the address bar and hit enter
about:plugins.

Google Chrome

To view installed plug-ins in Google Chrome, type chrome://plugins in the browser's address bar and hit Enter.
Once there,you will discover that most(if not all) of the plug-ins there are set to notify you each time it's to be used.
You can get rid of the stress by checking the boxes under the specific plug-in you would like to run automatically.

Opera Browser

Opera plug-ins are hidden in a page and can be accessed only with a short code (just like chrome).
To view these plug-ins, type opera:plugins in address bar and hit Enter.

From this page,you can enable/disable installed plug-ins using the ‘Disable’ button.
Note :Changes will take effect after restarting browser.

Internet Explorer

Plug-ins in Explorer are listed with other browser add-ons installed in the computer system.
To access it,click on the gear/spanner menu at the top right corner of the screen and select ‘Manage add-ons’.

Now, click on the drop-down box at the left-side of the pop-up to view all add-ons at once.
To disable an add-on,simply select it in the list and make use of the ‘disable’ button at the bottom-right-corner of the screen.

HOW TO UNINSTALL A PLUG-IN.

As you might have noticed, browser's do not have an in-built way to un-install plug-ins.
So,just go to the Control Panel and locate the plug-in(s), then, un-install it as you would a normal widows' application.

18.10.12

2 HOW TO AUTOMATICALLY DELETE GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER HISTORY.

Privacy is one thing every human being loves to have.
Browsing the net on a shared computer becomes a risk when it comes to securing secretive/personal informations.

Sometimes,we may even forget to log-out of an account before exiting the browser,thereby making such account-infos vulnerable to easy access by anyone.

To guard against this,some precautions needs to be taken to ensure that these informations do not leak in the slightest.

In this tutorial,I will be giving you the trick I use in clearing all my browser history and cache automatically upon exiting.
Even as a Cyber-Café owner,the privacy of your patronizers should be of utmost importance to you,so this tutorial should come handy.

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Automatically Delete Google Chrome Browser History.

So,if you use Google chrome browser on your Pc,all you need do is follow these simple steps…
    STEP 1
  1. Launch Google chrome.
  2. Click on the wrench menu to select settings.
  3. From the Settings tab,click on “Advanced settings” and navigate to “Privacy settings”.
  4. Click on the “Content settings” button and check/tick the box which states “Clear Cookies and Other Site and Plugin Data When I Close My Browser”
  5. Once done,you can try it out to see all your privacy datas and browser history deleted each time you exit the browser.

STEP 2

Note,this step is not compulsory,but you might want to consider retaining a specific site's history i.e Each time you visit a specified site,all history regarding that site is not automatically deleted when exiting the browser.

To do this,follow the steps below »

  1. Click on the “Manage exceptions” button which is located below the “Cookies settings”.
  2. Include the URL of the site you want to keep in the exceptions box.
That's all.Now,everytime you exit the browser,the entire cookies,cache and history of all sites which are not included in the exceptions list will be deleted. automatically.
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