Your browser history isn’t just a list of the sites you’ve visited recently. It also encompasses passwords and personal information, website cookies, and saved data in your browser cache. Clearing this data on a regular basis can not only improve the performance of your device and your browser, but it can also protect your privacy.

Clearing your browser history can provide several benefits. Firstly, it improves your online privacy by removing traces of your internet activities, ensuring that sensitive information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Secondly, it helps to maintain the performance and speed of your browser, as a cluttered history can slow down loading times.

Hamerstone recommends clearing your cache any time you have a reason to, such as troubleshooting page-loading issues, clearing space on your device or deleting your digital footprint.

Good point. While cache, generally, helps your browser load pages faster, if a *ton* of files are saved in your cache it can slow things down. In general, it's a good idea to clear your cache every once in a while to make sure you're seeing the most recent version of web pages and to prevent the slow down that you mentioned.