Privacy-focused apps, better browsing practices, and data broker opt-outs are all ways to scrub as much information as possible from the internet.

Embarrassing old posts, data brokers selling your information, a desire for more privacy; there’s any number of reasons for wanting to erase yourself from the internet. But is it actually possible to delete yourself entirely? The short answer is probably not — but you can make yourself a much smaller target.

• Removing yourself from the internet is difficult, but you can take steps to minimize your online footprint and make it harder for your data to be sold.
•  Opt out of data collection by requesting the deletion of your data from data brokers or using privacy laws like GDPR and California’s Consumer Privacy Act.
•  Clean up old accounts and messages, adjust privacy settings on social media, delete old posts, and use privacy browsers and search engines to reduce your digital footprint.

For quick access to a cell, document, or webpage, you can insert hyperlinks in your Excel spreadsheet. Just paste in a hyperlink, give it a readable label, and click to follow the link. Here are a few ways to insert hyperlinks in Excel.

Opening Notepad on a Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC is as easy as selecting a few options, running a command, or pressing a keyboard shortcut. We’ll show you all the available ways to open your favorite text editor on your computer.

Using Windows Search

• The easiest way to find and launch any app on your PC is to use Windows Search. You type the name of the app you want to open and Search retrieves it for you.
• To open Notepad using this way, first, open Windows Search by either clicking the “Search” box on your taskbar or opening the “Start” menu and selecting the search box at the top.
• Then, type “Notepad” and click the app in the search results.

Your app is now open.

Unhiding all the rows in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is as easy as pressing a keyboard shortcut or using a button on the ribbon.

First, select your entire worksheet using Ctrl+A (Windows) or Command+A (Mac). Press Ctrl+Shift+9, right-click a cell, and choose “Unhide,” or select Format > Hide & Unhide > Unhide Rows from the ribbon at the top to unhide all rows.

If you spend a lot of time on social media, it’s very likely that you share a lot of personal data online. We often list our full names, schools we went to, jobs, family connections and friends, places we live or frequent, hobbies and interests, political views and music preferences, etc. on various social media accounts. All this information can be used against us. Scammers can use your personal data to copy your profile and trick your friends or colleagues into asking for money or sensitive information.

They can also use information gathered from your social networks to guess your answers to security questions on banking or dating sites, to steal your online accounts or to harass you. Fortunately, some quick and easy fixes listed below will help you keep your personal data safe without giving up your social media usage.