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Erase history stored on your computer
Your computer records everything you do while working on the computer or surfing the Internet. So, anyone who can access your computer is able to know your web surfing history, images and videos you have seen, documents and files you have just opened and many others.
Clear All History helps you protect your privacy and improve computer performance by erasing history files stored on your computer in a quick and easy way. The program makes it easy to erase individual history tracks
Both your browser and Windows keep tracks of your Internet and computer activity in order to provide a more pleasant computer and surfing experience. But these history tracks can compromise your privacy and provide a way for others to view what you have been doing, searching, downloading, running, viewing, etc.
If you concerned about privacy and want to keep sensitive information stored on your computer private, you should regularly erase history files stored by your browser, Windows and different applications you use. It can be done manually or using erase history tools that help you erase the necessary history files. While manual deleting is free, it is not always fast and easy as history files are stored in different locations. Furthermore, not all history tracks can be deleted manually.
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What Internet history files are stored on your computer and why you should erase them
Browsing history stores a list of visited websites, cookies, Temporary Internet Files, saved passwords and form autocomplete data to improve your web browsing speed, automatically suggest information you have typed before, so you don't have to type it again, etc. But it can also seriously compromise your security and privacy, as anyone who has access to your computer can see what web sites you visited and what information you entered on web pages.
Form data (form Autocomplete) stores a list of everything that you have typed into forms in web pages (your name, e-mail address, keywords you enter in search engines, etc). While the AutoComplete option is useful as helps users to complete forms and search boxes by suggesting possible matches, it can compromise your security and privacy, as anyone who has access to your computer can see sensitive information you have entered on web pages and what you searched on the Internet.
If you concerned about your privacy, you should regularly clear AutoComplete
Visited websites history (Address bar history) allows users to click the down arrow to view the list recently visited pages. While it provides a quick access to the websites you have recently visited it could also show your surfing history to anyone who has access to your computer. Lear how to delete Address Bar History in your browser.
Browser saves the content of all the webpages you have visited (including images, animation, movies, downloads, etc) on a hard drive in the browser cache (also known as Temporary Internet files) to speed up the displaying of webpages you frequently visit. But it can seriously compromise your privacy as anyone who can use your PC can tell where you have been on the web. Read how to erase cache in different browser
Downloads history displays a list of your recent downloads.
Computer cookies are sent to your browser from websites you visit to identifies you as a unique user. Cookies can store sensitive information like your name and password on protected login pages, preferences, account information and choices you have made on the website. If you erase history of visited websites, cookies like a map will show your surfing preferences, habits, passwords, etc. Even if the cookies don't contain such information they clearly show that you visited the sites from which they came. Also, in one of their malevolent forms, cookies from one web site might track your visits to a different web site. More tips on how to erase cookies
Web browsers could save passwords to automatically fill them when you log in to websites you have previously visited.
Saved passwords can threat to your privacy, especially on shared computers, as anyone who has access to your computer can use stored passwords to get to the corresponding web sites. Read how to delete passwords
How to erase history
You can erase browsing history tracks manually using the corresponding option in your browser or you can use erase history software.
This step-by-step guide shows the manual way to erase browsing history tracks.
For Internet Explorer users:
To delete visited sites history, cookies, Temporary Internet Files, saved passwords and form autocomplete, complete the following step:
Open Internet Explorer and use the Ctrl+Shift+Delete key combination or select 'Delete Browsing History' from the Tools menu. Select the browsing history tracks you wish to delete and click the 'Delete' button.
Also you can set Internet Explorer to automatically delete browsing history when it closes - select 'Internet Options' under the 'Tools' menu and check the 'Delete browsing history on exit' option.
For Firefox users:
Select History -> Clear Recent History or use the Ctrl+Shift+Delete key combination and choose which history tracks you want to delete (Browsing & Download history, Form & Search history, cookies, cache, Active Logins, Site Preferences).
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Toolbar search history
To simplify searching a lot of people install and use search engine toolbars. While using toolbars is very useful and helpful, it can compromise your privacy, as toolbar search history is stored separately from browser history and is not deleted even if you erase browser history and form AutoComplete. So anyone who has access to your computer can see what you searched using toolbars.
Clear All History provides an easy solution to erase toolbar search history with one click
Erase history tips : Erase history FAQ
• How do find and view Temporary Internet Files in Internet Explorer?
Temporary Internet Files, also known as the browser cache are files that are stored on your computer by Internet browser. Temporary Internet Files (or cache) folder contains web page content that is stored on your hard disk for quick viewing. This cache permits Internet browsers to download only the content that has changed since you last viewed a web page, instead of downloading all the content for a page every time it is displayed - so, the purpose of Temporary Internet Files is to speed up the loading of websites that you visit frequently by keeping copies of the web pages and graphics on your computer.
To find and view Temporary Internet Files
• Click the Tools menu and select Internet Options.
• The Internet Options dialog window will appear.
• In the Temporary Internet Files section, click the "Settings..." button.
• In the "Settings" window, click the "View Files..." button. The new window displays all of the Temporary Internet Files stored on the computer and their location on the local hard drive. The window also displays the URL each temporary file came from.
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