This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/bkendig on 2025-07-26 19:20:41+00:00.

It wipes out tracking data, so advertisers lose the profile they’ve built on you.

It also logs you out of all your web site accounts. When you log back in to them, you’ll find out right away if you don’t know your current password for a site, and then you can reset it. Better now than in an emergency!

(If you use a password manager like 1Password, logging in again is easy.)