Browsing history on all modern web-browsers can be cleared by digging through the settings, but did you know that you can also clear browsing data on your browser quickly and efficiently by using a simple keyboard shortcut? If not, you’ve come to the right place. Because today, we’ll show you how to clear browsing history with keyboard shortcuts on Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Opera.

The method we’ll describe below works on almost all modern web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera. It also works on many other Chromium-based browsers and Firefox derivatives. So without further ado, let’s look at how you can clear browsing history of your browser with a simple keyboard shortcut.

  1. On Chrome, you’ll see a popup window like the one below. You can select what you want to delete by checking the relevant boxes and the timeframe from the drop-down menu. Finally, click/tap on the ‘Clear Data’ button at the bottom.