How to View Your Browser History on a Mac

This wikiHow will teach you how to view your browser history on a Mac using the Safari, Chrome, or Firefox browsers.

EditSteps

EditUsing Safari

1. Open Safari. It's the app with the icon that resembles a blue compass and is usually located on dock.
   
2. Click . It's in the menu bar at the top of the screen.
   
   • You can view just your recent browser history by hovering the mouse over a recent date in this menu.
3. Click . It's at the top of the drop-down menu. This shows you the entire browser history organized by date.
   
   • You can use the keyboard shortcut to open the history in Safari.
4. Click ▶ to the left of a date. Click the triangular arrow to the left of any date to expand the browser history for that date in list form.
   
   • If a particular date is not listed, there is no browsing history for that day.
   • You can clear the history by clicking Clear history on the top-right of the page.

EditUsing Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome. It's the app with the icon that resembles a red, yellow, green and blue colored ball.
   
2. Click . It's in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This displays a list of Recently Closed sites and a list of Recently Visited sites.
   
3. Click . It's at the very bottom of the drop-down menu. This opens a list of your Chrome browser history.
   
   • You can use the keyboard shortcut to open the history in Chrome.
4. Scroll down to view your browser history. Your history will be listed in chronological order and you can keep scrolling to go back further in time.
   
   • You can clear your history by clicking Clear browsing data on the top-left of the page.

EditUsing Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox. It's the app with the icon that resembles an orange fox curled around a blue ball.
   
2. Click . It's in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This opens a drop-down menu.
   
   • Your recent history is displayed at the bottom of this "History" drop-down menu.
3. Click . It's the first option at the drop-down menu. This opens a list of your Firefox browser history.
   
4. Select a time period. Click on a day or month in the left column to view history from that date.
   
   • You can clear your history by clicking History in the top menu bar and then select Clear Recent History.