It also allows you to control your privacy settings and your browsing history, allowing you to keep your personal information private.

Whenever you visit a website, a security indicator may appear to the left of the Web address in the address bar.

Understanding this indicator will help you stay safe when entering personal information online.

If you see a green padlock, the site is using a secure connection.

Always check for this icon When entering sensitive information, such as a credit card number or your birthdate, you can click on the padlock toe.

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If you don't see a green padlock, click the site information button to the left of the Web address to view the sites security status.

If you see a great globe, the website is not using a secure connection.

This is not important for many websites, such as news or whether but you should avoid entering any sensitive information on non secure pages.

Some websites may track your activity across the Internet, and the content blocking feature lets you limit this tracking to view your content blocking options.

Click the gear to go to the privacy and security settings.

By default.

Firefox blocks trackers Onley in private windows.

You can choose to block trackers in all windows or click custom to display even more options.

Every website you visit is recorded in the browsing history, but there may be times you want to clear that history.

To delete it, scroll down to history and then click clear history.

Click the drop down menu to choose a time frame to erase, ranging from the past hour to all the websites you've ever visited.

Once you've made your choice, click clear now and your chosen browsing record will be wiped away.

For additional privacy, you can use a private browsing window.

You're history will not be recorded, and any cookies will be deleted when the private window is closed.

To open one, click the menu button, then select new private window.

You can use this window just like normal.

You'll know it's private, thanks to the Purple Mask icon in the top right corner.

Keep in mind that browsing privately does not make anything more secure.

Always be sure to check for a secure connection before entering sensitive information on any site to end your private session.

Simply close the window.

And those are the basics of privacy and security in Firefox G C F.

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