Thursday, October 19, 2017

Spybuster Tip #712: How to Vacuum Your Amazon Breadcrumbs

Amazon automatically tracks the products you browse on the site and compiles a visual list on your account’s home page, in case you are inspired to follow through with a purchase on a return visit.

If you find this sort of thing more creepy than helpful — or you share a computer and would rather not have others see your shopping whims — you can disable the tracking.

To do that, go to Amazon.com and log into your account. Click the Browsing History link at the top of the main page (just below the search window) to see the recent items you previously viewed while clicking around on the site. At the top of the page, click Manage History. more