User interface
1: You can navigate between the various modules here.
2: Results from the current module are displayed here.
3: Most modules allow you to filter results by type or custom search terms.
4: You can update or delete results here.
Overview
The overview lists all privacy-related items by type and date. The general summary is located at the top (1). Click an entry to open the affected program module. More detailed information is available in the center/at the bottom (2). Click the broom icon to delete the affected data, or the "i" to open the affected program module.
Depending on the size of the program window, additional information may become available at the bottom (e.g. web browsing traces):
Privacy
This module can adjust all Windows settings that collect or share data about you with Microsoft. Select the desired category from the entries on the left and use the tabs to navigate through each category. Click "Apply" to apply the changes from all categories and "Restore standard settings" to restore the original settings. "Restore safe settings" will automatically adjust the settings to avoid the most common security risks.Internet traces
Internet Cleaner scans your system for no longer needed Internet-related files and displays results grouped by categories.Safe cookies
Many websites uses cookies to store important data, e.g. login credentials, and use them to automatically fill in the data on your next visit. Since Internet Cleaner deletes all cookies, you'll have to reenter the data manually for each affected site, unless you mark the affected cookies as "safe", thereby excluding them from deletion. Note that your settings always apply to all supported browsers.Marking cookies as "safe" via context menu
Right-click a cookie in the list of results to display the context menu and select "Mark selected cookies as Safe Cookies":Specifying safe cookies manually
You can use the "Manage safe cookies" button to manually add URLs of cookies of which will then be considered safe.Existing cookies are listed on the left. Select one or more entries and click "Add selection" to whitelist the affected cookies. You can also add individual URLs, e.g. "ashampoo.*", using the text field and the plus button. "*" is a wildcard character and means that all URLs starting with "ashampoo." will be whitelisted.
"Export" and "Import" allow you to export your cookie settings to a text file and import them, e.g. on another PC.