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I want to be able to see the history when my kids use the computer. Is there a way to lock private browsing from being used?

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concernedmom
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I want to be able to see the history when my kids use the computer. Is there a way to lock private browsing so that my kids can not have this option?

I want to be able to see the history when my kids use the computer. Is there a way to lock private browsing so that my kids can not have this option?

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user633449
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There is no way to reliably disable private browsing or keep a user from deleting history. Use a program such as netnanny to keep track of history and sites visited.