Amazon.......any way around this?

[CathyA]

I've noticed this and want to get around it somehow. I can "logout" of Amazon, so people (family) can't see what I might be buying them for christmas. But.......even if someone else gets on to the Amazon website, in general, the types of things I've been looking at will come up. Any way to not have that happen?
Thanks.

[creaker]

Not easily. Deleting your browsing history might do it - every time you access Amazon. Or setting up id's for each user on the computer so everyone has their own separate browser history, cookies, etc.

[SteveinMN]

You'd have to delete browser history and any cookies Amazon has set in your browser (don't delete all browser cookies; it's a pain to get past that over and over again).

Maybe easier is to follow the bouncing ball. I logged into Amazon and clicked on a few things just to build a history (I'm not a big Amazon customer). At the bottom of the page, where "Your Recently Viewed Items and Featured Recommendations" are displayed, is a link to the right that says "View or edit your browsing history". When I click on that link, on the left side of the page is a button offering to "Delete all items" and, beneath that, "Click here to turn off your browsing history." Click the button, then click the link. On the left side of that page, click the "Turn Off Browsing History" button. As the text on the page explains, "turning this feature off will turn it off for anyone who uses your Web browser." Problem solved. ;)

[CathyA]

Thanks creaker and Steve.
All this time, I never noticed that little sign that said "edit your browsing history"! I've turned it off.
Thanks!

[ToomuchStuff]

Steve's method is the best. Another way that I have done it, is using the anonymous browsing function, with Chrome. My brother logged in on my mom's computer at one point, and he still shows up there (mom uses a different browser). I open the anonymous version of that browser, and can do my shopping, without our two being combined. In one respect, what this does, is allow mom to see, recent things my brother looks up, that are secret hints between them, about her grandkids.

[bUU]

Anonymous browsing ("Incognito mode"/"Private browsing"/etc.) isn't necessarily going to be enough in this case, since the cookie remains in the non-anonymous portion of the browser cache, and therefore even purchases you made while anonymous browsing will still shine through. You really do need to clear all cookies, open sessions, etc., and then not restore them by incidentally logging into your Amazon.com account. Anonymous browsing makes it easier, once you've cleared your cache, to keep Amazon.com artifacts from your cache, but you do need to clear it manually, up-front.