How to clear Web Storage in your browser of choice

Basically, web storage can be used to track users on the Internet.so in most cases you dont want people tracking everywhere(site) you go right?
The storage option is supported by all modern browsers,which also means even the smartphones can be tracked or in that case you can be followed.
so,It is actually pretty easy to find out if a website uses Web Storage. If you are using Firefox, press F12 to open the Developer Tools of the browser. Switch to storage and open Local Storage when you are there.

If Storage is not available by default, open the settings of the browser and check the feature so that it becomes available.

If you are using Google Chrome, press F12 as well and switch to Resources > Local Storage in the browser to display the information.

Note that this reveals information about the active web page only and not about other sites in the browser.

Chrome users

Clearing Web Storage

You can delete the storage in most modern browsers. The following guide applies to Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer, the three most widely used browsers.

Warning: The process will delete cookies and local storage. This means that it will remove session cookies which in turn means that you will have to sign in anew to websites and applications.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Press Ctrl-Shift-Del to open the Clear All History menu.
2. Make sure you have selected Cookies and that the time range is set to Everything.
3. Note: Only Everything removes local storage, any other time frame does not.
4. Alternative:add-on which you can use to clear Local Storage manually, or automatically on exit or start of the browser.

Google Chrome

1. Press Ctrl-Shift-Del to bring up the Clear browsing data page in Chrome (this works in other Chromium-based browsers as well).
2. Make sure Cookies and other site data is selected.
3. Change the time frame at the top to "the beginning of time".
4. Click on Clear browsing data to start the process.
5. Note: You can delete individual local storage data by loading chrome://settings/cookies.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

1. Tap on the Alt-key to display the menu bar.
2. Select Tools > Internet Options from the menu that opens up.
3. Check "delete browsing history on exit" under General.
4. Click on the delete button afterwards and make sure Cookies and website data is selected. If you don't want to keep the data for sites in the favorites, uncheck "Preserve Favorites website data" at the top.

Summary

Article Name

How to clear Web Storage in your browser of choice

Author

Martin Brinkmann

Description

Find out how to clear persistent local storage in the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

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