HMA! TIP: HOW TO TURN ON PRIVATE BROWSING ON IOS 7

In our recent article “How to stop websites from knowing your location”, we explained how a website or a service can still recognize your location even when you use a VPN or a proxy.

Fortunately all browsers contain features that allow you to:

• - Surf the net without leaving traces on your computer (using “Private browsing” or “incognito mode”)
• - Clear cached files (cookies, temp data, images, websites)
• - Disable tracking / location services (to prevent websites from knowing your location)

This tutorial shows how you you can turn on private browsing in iOS 7. If you’re having any difficulty with activating private browsing, please continue to read to the end of this tutorial for some alternative workarounds.

To begin, tap the Safari icon to open your browser:

Then tap the “+” sign in the top right corner:

1. Now, you have a choice – do you wish to close all the previous browsers you have opened or start a new Private Browser?

1. Next, select the “Private” option in the bottom left corner:
2. 

Note: If you’re having trouble activating private browsing, please try a couple of these workarounds:

1. 1) On the Safari screen tap the blue + sign at the top right hand corner. Then tap the main search box (URL search bar) at top of the screen. The keyboard pops up and the ‘Private’ sign in blue should be in the left right hand corner.
2. 2) It’s also possible that  ‘Restrictions‘ are on. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions and if it says ‘On’ you will need to enter your pin, then go to the ‘Allowed Content’ section and under ‘Websites’ select the option for ‘All Websites.’

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