CHAPTER 11:  Surfing the Web 
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Speeding Up Your Browser by Clearing History and Cookies 
In the middle of the Browser settings 
screen, you can see a heading marked 
Privacy settings. The Clear History, Clear 
all Cookie data, and Clear Cache drop 
down arrows are all next to the appropriate 
item.  
If you notice your web browsing getting 
sluggish, it’s probably a good time to clear 
out all three of these by tapping them and 
confirming your choices. 
 
TIP: Clearing the history, cookies, and cache is also a good privacy measure, as it prevents 
others from seeing where you’ve been browsing. 
Remembering Form Data 
As we showed you earlier in this chapter, remembering form data is a convenient way to 
have your browser automatically fill out web page forms that ask for your name, 
address, phone number, and even username and password.  It can save you a 
tremendous amount of time typing and retyping your name and other information. 
To enable Remember form data, follow these steps: 
1.
Go to the Browser settings as 
shown previously. 
 
2.
Scroll down to Privacy 
settings. 
3.
Put a check mark in the 
Remember form data box. 
 
4.
To remember all usernames 
and passwords, scroll down to 
Security settings. 
5.  Put a check mark in the 
Remember passwords box.