How to View Your Browser History on a Mac
This wikiHow will teach you how to view your browser history on a Mac using the Safari, Chrome, or Firefox browsers. Open Safari. It's the app with the icon that resembles a blue compass and is usually located on dock.
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Using Safari
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Open Safari. It's the app with the icon that resembles a blue compass and is usually located on dock. -
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Click History. It's in the menu bar at the top of the screen.- You can view just your recent browser history by hovering the mouse over a recent date in this menu.
EXPERT TIPDepending on the version of Safari you're using, you may be able to select 'Safari,' then 'Clear History.'
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Click Show All History. It's at the top of the drop-down menu. This shows you the entire browser history organized by date.- You can use the keyboard shortcut ⌘ Command+Y to open the history in Safari.
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Click ▶ to the left of a date. Click the triangular arrow to the left of any date to expand the browser history for that date in list form.- If a particular date is not listed, there is no browsing history for that day.
- You can clear the history by clicking Clear history on the top-right of the page.
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Using Google Chrome
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Open Google Chrome. It's the app with the icon that resembles a red, yellow, green and blue colored ball. -
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Click History. It's in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This displays a list of Recently Closed sites and a list of Recently Visited sites. -
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Click Show Full History. It's at the very bottom of the drop-down menu. This opens a list of your Chrome browser history.- You can use the keyboard shortcut ⌘ Command+Y to open the history in Chrome.
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Scroll down to view your browser history. Your history will be listed in chronological order and you can keep scrolling to go back further in time.- You can clear your history by clicking Clear browsing data on the top-left of the page.
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Using Mozilla Firefox
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Open Firefox. It's the app with the icon that resembles an orange fox curled around a blue ball. -
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Click History. It's in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This opens a drop-down menu.- Your recent history is displayed at the bottom of this "History" drop-down menu.
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Click Show All History. It's the first option at the drop-down menu. This opens a list of your Firefox browser history. -
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Select a time period. Click on a day or month in the left column to view history from that date.- You can clear your history by clicking History in the top menu bar and then select Clear Recent History.
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