I’ve been clicking the button to have my Web browser save user names and passwords for sites I visit frequently, but now I’m thinking this may not be safe if my laptop is stolen. How can I make the browser forget them all
In Mozilla Firefox for Windows and Mac OS X, go to the Tools menu in the menu bar and select Options. In the Options box, click the Security tab and click on “Saved Passwords.†Click on “Remove All†to dump all the saved passwords, or click “View Saved Passwords†to selectively eliminate information.
In Google Chrome for Windows, click the wrench icon, select Options and click the Personal Stuff tab. Click the “Show Saved Passwords†button and select the entries you want to eliminate. On the Mac version of Chrome, go to the Chrome menu, select Preferences and then Settings. Click the “Show Advanced Settings†link, and under “Passwords and forms,†click “Manage Saved Passwords†to edit the information.
To clear all saved passwords in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 and later, go to the Tools menu, select Safety and choose “Delete Browsing History.†In the box that appears, turn on the checkboxes next to “Form Data†and “Passwords†and click the Delete button; turning off the checkbox next to “Preserve Favorites website data†clears cookies and other temporary files that sites have stored on your computer as well. (You can delete individual saved passwords by selecting the username and password that appear in the login field when you visit a saved site, and then pressing the Delete key.)
In the latest version of Apple’s Safari browser, go to the Safari menu and select Preferences. In the Preferences box, click the Passwords tab and choose which ones to remove from the browser’s memory. You can also remove passwords and other information from Web sites by going to the Safari menu, choosing Reset Safari, and selecting the data you want to delete.
