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What is Opera history?
As you surf the Internet, Opera stores information about the websites you have visited, information you have entered on websites, files you have downloaded, etc. Usually, it is helpful to store this information as it can improve your web browsing speed, helps to automatically suggest information you have typed before, so you don't have to type it again. But it can compromise your privacy, as anyone who has access to your computer can see what web sites you visited and what information you entered on web pages. Opera stores the following Internet history tracks:
• History of visited pages (browsing history)
• History of typed-in addresses (web sites you have visited stored in the Location menu)
• History of visited links
• Form autocomplete
• Download history
• Cache
• Cookies
You can erase Opera history manually or using special software.
Clear All History helps you erase Opera history in seconds.
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How to erase Opera history
Opera stores different kinds of Internet history such as recently visited webpages, typed history that stores web address typed in the address bar, cache, cookies, information you enter on web pages, etc. If you are using a shared computer and do not want other users to view your browsing history you may disable or delete some history tracks.
How to erase history in Opera:
History of visited pages (browsing history)
How to erase browsing history manually
Browsing history stores visited pages for the set number of days.
You can erase browsing history (visited sites history) manually or using special history eraser software:
• Clear All History - Internet history eraser software
• Delete History Free - free history eraser (history eraser freeware)
Opera 11
To enable visited addresses history, open the Tools menu and select Preferences. Then open the Advanced tab and specify the maximum number of visited addresses Opera should remember for history and auto-completion. But storing lots of web pages could cause slower operating.
To clear history, click the Clear button
Opera 9
To erase browsing history (visited web sites history) in Opera 9.x:
Open the Tools menu and select Delete private data
Click the Details button and select "Clear history of visited pages, then click Delete
History of typed-in addresses
You can access typed history by clicking the drop-down arrow on the right side of the address field.
Opera 9
How to erase address bar history (history of typed-in addresses) manually:
Select Delete private data from the Tools menu, then click the Details button and select Clear history of typed-in addresses. Finally, click the Delete button.
History of visited links
To erase visited links history in Opera 9.x:
1. Open the Tools menu.
2. Select Delete private data
3. Click the "Details" button
4. Select "Clear history of visited links".
5. Click "Delete" button.
Cache
For faster operating, Opera stores the content of recently visited webpages including documents, images, and other content on webpages. Opera stores cache in computer's memory and on the disk. To keep more webpages, you should increase the disk cache.
Opera 11
To erase cache, select Delete Private Data from the Tools menu, click Detailed options and select Delete entire cache, then click Delete.
You may also select to clear cache automatically every time you exit Opera by checking the Empty on exit option in Preferences.
Opera 9.x
To erase cache in Opera 9.x:
• Select Tools -> Preferences.
• Open the Advanced sub-categories and select "History".
• Select "Empty now" next to "Disk Cache" and "Memory Cache".
• Click OK to clear cache.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data which often includes an unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site you visit, stores as a file on your computer, identifies you as a unique user and track your web usage.
However, cookies can threat to your privacy as they can store sensitive information like your name and password on protected login pages, preferences, account information and choices you have made on the site. So, even if you clear browser history, cookies 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.
You can erase cookies manually or using history cleaner software
How can I erase cookies in Opera
To erase cookies in Opera 11
Select Delete Private Data from the Tools menu, click Detailed options and select Delete all cookies.
To erase cookies in Opera 9
1. Open the Tools menu.
2. Select Delete private data
3. Click the "Details" button
4. Select Delete cookies.
5. Click "Delete".
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Erase Opera history : Erase history in Opera 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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