How do I stop my browser remembering input?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-01-28 06:42am

It's a neat thing, when it's something like a login or email address - but it's not so good when it's your credit card number. It's not a real problem for me as I'm the only one with access to this computer, but is it possible to control what information in cached in this way?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-01-28 06:46am

If you have Firefox 2.0 or later, you can use Tools->Clear Private Data. The settings are under Tools->Options->Privacy->Settings; you'd want to tick "saved form information" and "cache".

I have FF set to delete everything apart from cookies and selected passwords on shutdown.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-01-28 06:49am

I have those settings, but I just filled in a form and the first number of my credit card prompted it to 'helpfully' show me the rest of it. Good for me, not always such a good idea.

Is there something you do to purge all the saved stuff like that on shutdown?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-01-28 06:52am

I have those settings, but I just filled in a form and the first number of my credit card prompted it to 'helpfully' show me the rest of it. Good for me, not always such a good idea.

Was it a site you used before? It may be stored on their end.

Is there something you do to purge all the saved stuff like that on shutdown?

When I shut down FF, not the PC -

Tools->Options->Privacy->Always clear my private data when I close Firefox

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2007-01-28 12:08pm

In Firefox, scroll down onto the relevant "finished number" with the arrow keys, [shift]+[delete].

SCRawl · Post by **SCRawl** » 2007-01-28 01:26pm

Bounty almost had it. The right setting is:

Tools > Options > Privacy > History > "Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar"

Needless to say, you'll be unchecking that box.

If that doesn't do it, I have no idea. It worked for me.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-01-28 01:36pm

SCRawl wrote:Bounty almost had it. The right setting is:

Tools > Options > Privacy > History > "Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar"

Needless to say, you'll be unchecking that box.

If that doesn't do it, I have no idea. It worked for me.

I like to keep that active during sessions for when I'm googling stuff.

SCRawl · Post by **SCRawl** » 2007-01-28 02:29pm

Bounty wrote:
SCRawl wrote:Bounty almost had it. The right setting is:

Tools > Options > Privacy > History > "Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar"

Needless to say, you'll be unchecking that box.

If that doesn't do it, I have no idea. It worked for me.
I like to keep that active during sessions for when I'm googling stuff.

And I like to use it, too. It has its uses. You'll agree, though, that having it remember your credit card number isn't a good one, for some people at least.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-01-28 02:41pm

And I like to use it, too. It has its uses. You'll agree, though, that having it remember your credit card number isn't a good one, for some people at least.

Hence the "during sessions". When I'm done, I close FF and all that credit card info is magicked away...