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PC cleanup when leaving your job: besides deleting personal files and deleting cookies in the browsers, what else should I do when I leave my job?

Posted by marum scarum (aka mara) Oct 25 '21, 05:59

Does a cookies delete take care of saved passwords?

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I missed that you're getting a new job! Congrats! -- nm - TWuG Oct 25, 08:26
Giant electromagnet. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 06:27
Fresh Win10 install via usb to be sure. OTherwise everything under your users directory for starters. Remove/Reinstall browser -- nm - budice Oct 25, 06:27 7
- I'm not authorized to do any installing or uninstalling. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 25, 06:50
- I was going to say, all of these are good suggestions for reasonable protection. Truth is, it's a work computer and they could have backups or other - oblique Oct 25, 06:32 5
  - I'd also ask her IT department to either disable or delete her account while she's there. - Inigo Oct 25, 06:42 2
    - They have a procedure that I have to just leave them to. I won't be making any requests of them. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 25, 07:03
    - I don't see what that would be necessary. -- nm - PreCrime Division IT Oct 25, 06:52
  - We don't backup PCs fwiw. If its not on a network drive or portal, there's no backup -- nm - budice Oct 25, 06:33 1
    - We don't either. We rely on OneDrive for Documents, Desktop, etc. as backup of what matters. PCs are disposable -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 06:37
Deleting cookies isn't the same as deleting saved passwords. -- (edited) - Inigo Oct 25, 06:11 1
- Thanks! -- nm - marum scarum Oct 25, 08:20
Burn that mf’er to the ground. - mafic Oct 25, 06:09
Is today the retirement day? -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 06:08 2
- No, my last day is Nov 12. I'm just planning ahead. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 25, 06:12 1
  - Ah, I'll hold my congrats then :) -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 06:12
Clear all browser history, sign out of browsers, empty trash can. -- nm - colin Oct 25, 06:06 5
- make sure anything with an automatic sign-in is deleted/removed (like gmail, bank account) -- nm* - Beaker Oct 25, 06:24
- yup, signing out of the browser is something people miss - decline Oct 25, 06:10 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - marum scarum Oct 25, 06:12
- Oh, yeah, trash! Thanks. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 25, 06:07 1
  - Take the password stickies off the monitor -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 25, 06:07

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