Deleting your browser data

For your convenience, certain data is saved in the browser. This can include your passwords, autofill data, search queries, or addresses of visited pages. When using the browser, there are two ways to ensure anonymity:

Before visiting a site. If you wish to keep your search queries and site visits secret, use Incognito mode and follow these general recommendations for protecting your personal information.
After visiting the site. If you have not been using Incognito mode and the data has been saved in the browser, you can delete it.

Внимание.

It's not effective to delete your data after you visit a site, since a hacker might steal it during your visit.
If you delete the data, you risk losing information that you need (such as your passwords).

Delete data

Data you can delete


Data type	Comments
Browsing history	Addresses of web pages you have visited and all IP addresses associated with these pages.
Download history	List of downloaded files in the browser. The actual files remain on the computer.
Files saved in the cache	Web page elements that the browser has saved in the cache in order to load them faster on the next visit.
Cookies and other website data and plugins	Cookies saved on your computer. Storage types supported by HTML5, for example, application cache, web storage, SQL databases, and data in indexed DBs. Any client information saved by plug-ins that use the NPAPI ClearSiteData API.
Saved passwords	Passwords that you saved in Yandex Browser for automatic authentication on websites.
Autofill form data	Autofill data that you entered in web forms.
Media licenses	Licenses to reproduce purchased content such as films and music. Please cancel these licenses before you sell or donate your computer.


Data type	Comments
Browsing history	Addresses of web pages you have visited and all IP addresses associated with these pages.
Download history	List of downloaded files in the browser. The actual files remain on the computer.
Files saved in the cache	Web page elements that the browser has saved in the cache in order to load them faster on the next visit.
Cookies and other website data and plugins	Cookies saved on your computer. Storage types supported by HTML5, for example, application cache, web storage, SQL databases, and data in indexed DBs. Any client information saved by plug-ins that use the NPAPI ClearSiteData API.
Saved passwords	Passwords that you saved in Yandex Browser for automatic authentication on websites.
Autofill form data	Autofill data that you entered in web forms.
Media licenses	Licenses to reproduce purchased content such as films and music. Please cancel these licenses before you sell or donate your computer.

To delete data:

Press Keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + Shift + Del (on Windows) or Shift + ⌘ + Backspace (on macOS).
In the Clear browsing data list, select the time range you want to delete cookies for.
Select the data types you want to delete.
Click Clear browsing data.

Data you can delete


Data type	Comments
Extensions	Extensions can store data on your computer or in your Yandex account. To erase this information, delete the extension itself.
Site permissions	Go to the settings to delete handling rules for website elements (pop-up windows, microphone access, etc.) and exceptions for specific websites.


Data type	Comments
Extensions	Extensions can store data on your computer or in your Yandex account. To erase this information, delete the extension itself.
Site permissions	Go to the settings to delete handling rules for website elements (pop-up windows, microphone access, etc.) and exceptions for specific websites.

If you have enabled syncing

If syncing is enabled, data deleted from your computer will be deleted from all your devices during the next sync.