How to enable private browsing in Safari for iPhone

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www.iPhoneStore.com Enable private browsing in Safari Safari is set up to automatically track your browsing history, which is fine if you don’t have a problem with that. If, on the other hand, you share your device with other people in your household or you just would rather they not keep track of it for other security reasons there is a very easy and simple way to stop it. Follow these simple steps to browse with a little more peace of mind in the future.

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Enable private browsing in Safari

Safari is set up to automatically track your browsing history, which is fine if you don’t have a problem with that. If, on the other hand, you

share your device with other people in your household or you just would rather they not keep track of it for other security reasons there is a very

easy and simple way to stop it. Follow these simple steps to browse with a little more peace of mind in the future.

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Step 1 - Tap on the Settings app from your homescreen.

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Step 2

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Next tap on the Safari option under the Settings menu. You may have to scroll down in the menu.

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Step 3

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Finally under the privacy section in the Safari menu slide the toggle option for Private Browsing to On.

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Thats it! You are done and if you ever want to switch back you can easily just follow those steps and switch it back to off. It’s an easy solution that might just offer you a little peace going forward.

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Additional ResourcesFor more information use the links below to explore:

1. http://browsers.about.com/od/saf3/ss/safariupdate.htm

2. http://www.howtogeek.com/103622/how-to-optimize-safari-for-maximum-privacy/

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr7mgYD2tAc

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAxnGsgJMQ

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References

1. http://www.imore.com/how-enable-and-use-private-browsing-safari-ios

2. http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/06/ios-7-preview-redesigned-home-screen.html

3. http://secure.swissmail.org/swissmail/info/en/emailclients/setupemailiphone.shtml

4. http://www.cerimorgan.com/2011/10/14/iphone-safari-tabs-in-ios-5/

5. http://www.brighthub.com/computing/mac-platform/articles/75341.aspx

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