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Help a Charity - Prevent Browser History Being Logged?

by naonline
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Hi programmers.

I'm setting up a wordpress site for charity that provides confidential support to victims of domestic abuse.

I would like to prevent website visits from being recorded in the visitors browser history - for obvious reasons!

Can anyone suggest a solution for this?

Thanks
#browser #charity #history #logged #prevent
  • Profile picture of the author Trivium
    I believe that a browser's history is managed by the client's browser, and without executable client-side scripts to perform this task (which are almost unanimously blocked, for obvious security reasons), I don't know of any way this could be achieved (which is not to say it's not possible).

    However, I think that you'd have to resort to simply reminding the client to remove the site from their browser history - either just on the site, or in a pop-up upon attempts to leave the site.

    Hopefully someone can shed a bit more light on this matter than I, but I hope what I've said helps in the mean time. Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author naonline
      Originally Posted by Trivium View Post

      I believe that a browser's history is managed by the client's browser, and without executable client-side scripts to perform this task (which are almost unanimously blocked, for obvious security reasons), I don't know of any way this could be achieved (which is not to say it's not possible).

      However, I think that you'd have to resort to simply reminding the client to remove the site from their browser history - either just on the site, or in a pop-up upon attempts to leave the site.

      Hopefully someone can shed a bit more light on this matter than I, but I hope what I've said helps in the mean time. Good luck!
      Thanks Trivium. It was my understanding that it can only be done client side or buy scripts which are normally blocked as you stated, but apparently there is a way - just can't find it.
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