How To Clear Your Internet Browsing History
As you browse the Internet, each of the items you view are saved locally on your hard disk drive. This helps web pages you visit frequently load faster by loading the files from your hard disk drive instead of having to download the web page again.
To conserve hard disk drive space or to help keep their Internet browsing private, users may find it necessary to delete their internet history.
If you have Internet Explorer:
Note: Users running Internet Explorer 7.0 and above will need to press the ALT key in order to access the file menu easily to get access to options such as File, Tools, etc.
Viewing History
Internet Explorer 7 and above users can view their history files by clicking the Tools menu, Internet Options, clicking the Settings button under the Browsing history, and then clicking View Files.
Internet Explorer 6.x users can view their history files by clicking the Tools menu, Internet Options, clicking the Settings button, and then clicking View Files.
Deleting History
Microsoft Windows users running Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x and 7.x can delete their history files by clicking the Tools menu, Internet Options, and clicking the Delete Files or Delete button. Users also have the option of automatically deleting files each time the close the browser window by clicking the Advanced tab and checking Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed under the Security section.
If you have Mozilla Firefox:
Viewing History
Press CTRL and H to open the left-side history bar or click History at the top of the window. Users using earlier versions of Mozilla Firefox can also view their history by clicking Go and clicking History.
Deleting History
Mozilla Firefox users can clear their history by clicking the Tools menu, Options, clicking the Privacy button, and under History click the Clear or Clear Now button or press CTRL and SHIFT and DEL to open the Clear Data Window.
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