Clear Android Browser History

Question

I am writing an application for a client that will have several devices that are open to customers to look at and play with. They want to be able to clear the browser history on

Answer 1

I tried to close the browser via the ActivityManager and it works fine. I tested this on an HTC 2.2 and it works perfect.

Maybe you should also try this:

am.killBackgroundProcesses("com.google.android.browser");

in case the browser on your phone is not at com.android.browser

or even try to finish the activity: com.android.browser.BrowserActivity

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

If your device is rooted, you can use the command below, to clear all data of the application. I don't know if this is applicable for each device, as it depends on the package manager

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su -c /system/bin/pm clear com.android.browser");

Answer 3

Much like a computer browser, Android browsers will keep all records that you search onto the device. If you’re worried about browser history or don’t want any records in your Android, you can remove all browser history within minutes. After delete your browser records will delete all cache data where you’re login into Chrome.