Obesity: A briefing for Complementary Therapists
You use a browser numerous times a day to look at emails, social media, do your banking, shopping, and of course, access your School of Natural Health Sciences account.
Your browser collects and stores lots of different information from the places you visit which, over time, could cause problems when logging in or loading websites. Therefore, it’s always a good idea to regularly clean your browser by deleting the history, cache and cookies. This will ensure your privacy is more secure and that your browser will work more efficiently.
Cookies
When you visit a website a small piece of data called a cookie is deposited and stored in your browser. The next time you visit the same website your browser will send the cookie back with all of the information from your last visit. Browsers store cookies until they expire, which in the case of tracking cookies is years.
Cache
Your browser cache temporarily stores images, scripts, and other parts of websites you visit in order to speed up your browsing experience. The cache is usually overwritten when it reaches a certain amount, but it will store information about your browsing history until you clear it.
To get the most out of your School of Natural Health Sciences account, we recommend clearing the cache and cookies on your browser often. If you are having trouble logging in, try deleting your cookies. If your account isn’t loading correctly, you aren’t seeing what you expect to, or there’s an error, try clearing the cache to make sure you are seeing the most up to date information. It’s usually best to clear both at the same time to eliminate any issues.
We recommend using the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer or Firefox for your School of Natural Health Sciences account. Keeping your browser up to date will help pages load better and give you more security.
As there are now many different phones and tablets available you may need to look up how to do this specifically for your device. However, here are some basic instructions on how to delete the history, cache and cookies for the major browsers:
Google Chrome
1. Open the Google Chrome browser.
2. Click the Menu button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
3. Select Settings from the dropdown list that appears.
4. On the left hand side of the Chrome browser you will now see a column with History, Extensions, Settings and Help listed.
5. Select History. You will now see a list of all of your browsing history. To delete all browsing history, simply click on the ‘Clear browsing data’ button.
6. From here a new window will appear with a checklist of exactly what data you want to clear. Make sure that the first option Clear browsing history has a tick next to it and then press the Clear browsing data button found in the bottom right of the new panel.
If you want to completely clean your browser of cookies, saved passwords, Auto-fill data and download history, simply check all of the boxes and press the Clear browsing data button.
Internet Explorer
1. Open the Internet Explorer browser.
2. Click the Tools button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
3. From the dropdown menu that appears, select Internet Options.
4. On the General tab, under the Browsing history section, click the Delete… button.
5. From here a new window will appear with a checklist of exactly what data you want to clear. Make sure that the fourth option History has a tick next to it and then press the Delete button found at the bottom right of the window.
If you want to completely clean your browser of cookies, saved passwords, Auto-fill data and download history, simply check all of the boxes and press the Delete button.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Open the Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. Click the Menu button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
3. Choose the History icon
4. Then click Clear Recent History
To clear the Cache
1. Open the Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. Click the Menu button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
3. Choose Options ( If Options is not listed in the menu, click Customize and drag Options from the list of Additional Tools and Features over to the Menu)
4. Go to the Advanced tab, then click Network section.
5. Then click the Clear Now buttons
Safari
1. From the Safari browser
2. Pull down the Safari menu
3. Choose Clear History and Website Data…
4. Select the amount you want to clear
5. Then click the Clear History button
This will remove the history, cookies and other website data from your chosen timeline.
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