Browsers
Browsers make the web go round, so learning how to use and troubleshoot them is a smart move. We've got the details you need to surf the web wisely.
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How to Fix a Connection-Is-Not Private Error
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How to Mute a Tab In Your Browsers
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The 8 Best Search Engines of 2024
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How to Make Google Your Home Page
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How to Fix the Error Message 'Your Computer or Network May Be Sending Automated Queries'
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How to Make Google Your Home Page
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How to Fix the Error Message 'Your Computer or Network May Be Sending Automated Queries'
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What is Dolphin Browser and How Does It Work?
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What Is Bing?
How to Clear Cache and Cookies in Every Major Browser
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How Do I Update Firefox?
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How to Fix a Script Error
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How to Clear Your Google Search History
What Is the Opera Browser?
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404 Page Not Found Error: What It Is and How to Fix It
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What Is Chromium?
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The Downloads Folder: What It Is and How It Works
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The Top 10 Internet Browsers for 2024
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How to Delete Cookies in Every Major Browser
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What Is Microsoft Edge?
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How to Fix a 400 Bad Request Error
How to Allow Pop-Ups on Your PC
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How to Change Settings in iOS Dolphin
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Vivaldi Browser: Why You Should Try It
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What Is a Web Browser?
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How to Delete Downloads From Your Computer
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How to Change Google Backgrounds
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What Is a Web Application?
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How to Save a Web Page as a PDF
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What Is an RSS Feed?
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Google Saved Images: Find and Hold on to Pictures
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How to Search for a Word on a Web Page
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How to Copy a Web Image's URL
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The Top 13 Greasemonkey and Tampermonkey User Scripts
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How to Manage Extensions in Popular Web Browsers
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How to Show the Favorites Bar in the Edge Browser
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How to Delete Bookmarks in Any Browser
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How to Install Microsoft Edge for Mac and iOS
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How to Close All Tabs on Your Computer or Android Browsers
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How to Fix ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR
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What's the Best Mobile Web Browser?
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How to Manage Search Engines in the Opera Web Browser
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What Is the Midori Web Browser?
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How to Clear Cookies for a Specific Site
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How to Retrieve Google Backup Photos
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How to View the Source Code of a Web Page
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What Is a Script Error?
How to Get Rid of Bing
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How to Turn on Incognito Mode in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari and Opera
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Enabling and Disabling Full-Screen Mode in Microsoft Edge
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How to Move IE Temporary Internet Files Folder to Default Location
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How to Clear Your Search Bar History
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Allow or Deny Access to Your Physical Location Settings
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How to Use the Google Dictionary Browser Extension
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How to Fix a ‘Your Connection Is Not Secure’ Error
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How to Install and Use Microsoft Edge for Android
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How to Stop Autoplay Videos
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What Are Plugins, and How Do They Work?
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A Comparison of Opera Mobile and Opera Mini
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Brave Web Browser Review: Should You Make the Switch?
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How to Enable and Allow Cookies on Mac
How to Use Web Notes in Microsoft Edge
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What Is 'Do Not Track' and How Do I Use It?
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How to Turn on Opera Turbo Mode
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How to Find an RSS Feed on a Website