

One way to counteract that, is to keep the Tor Browser on an usb drive.Īlso, at minimum try using full disk encryption.Ī better approach will be to use Tails on that usb drive. In contrast, it should find almost everything that you used your standard browser for, even in private mode. That means, that even after you delete the folder, a forensic investigation could find that you at one time had downloaded the Tor Browser, but not how you used it. When in doubt, you can check if you are routed through Tor by visiting īe aware, that when you delete files, they leave traces on your disk. If you need to route another program through the Tor network, while using the Tor Browser, you must manually configure it to use the socks proxy running on port 9150 on 127.0.0.1 You can use it alongside Firefox, the web sites that you visit through Firefox wont be routed through Tor. When you start the Tor Browser, it is the only program that is routed through the Tor network. It doesn't make any changes to your operating system and by default it doesn't store anything about what you did while using it. Your Firefox profile and settings are not affected by the fact that you downloaded or are running the Tor Browser. All its disk activity is contained inside its folder. Just like in paython execute the code here to help you uninstall Tor broswer > sudo apt-get remove tor Add this code to delete the related tor Browser files.

Yes, it is that simple - if you need the space - just delete the folder.
