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How to Clear Computer History [aboutcomputer99.blogspot.com]

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While you surf the Internet, your hard disk drive saves each of the items that you have viewed. So, various information that are related to your browsing habits like the websites that you have visited, data that you have entered on these websites etc are stored in your computer. Usually, the storage of such information can be helpful as it can improve the speed at which you browse. This happens because the web pages that you visit frequently load faster as the files are loaded from your hard disk drive instead of downloading the web pages once again. Moreover, the storage of such information on your hard disk also automatically suggests information/data that you have typed before. This can help you to work faster as you don't have to type the same information/data again. However, all these can seriously compromise your privacy and security by making your browsing habits accessible to anyone who can use your computer. So, using your computer, these people can see what w ebsites you have visited and what data or information you have entered on those sites' web pages.

In order to conserve your hard disk drive space and to keep your Internet browsing habits private, you should delete your computer history. You can follow the steps described below to do this:

For Internet Explorer 7:

o Select "Tools" and then "Internet Options".

o Next, open the "General" tab.

o Click the "Delete" button listed under "Browsing history".

o In the window marked "Delete browsing history" click "Delete all" first and then select "Yes" button to delete your entire browsing history. However, for selective deletion of some specific items, check the boxes beside the relevant categories and then click "Yes".

For Mozilla:

Click the "Tools" menu to get a drop down box. Select "Clear Private Data" from there. This will delete all your passwords as well as personal data from the computer. You should also uninstal l any third-party "extensions" and "toolbars" like the Yahoo search bar, Google toolbar etc separately.

Alternatively, Mozilla users can also delete their computer history by pressing three keys marked Ctrl, Shift and Delete. This will open the Clear Data Window from where the users can check the relevant boxes to clear some specific browsing history or erase the saved Internet history totally.

For AOL:

Find the "Settings" button at the top section of the AOL window. Click on it and then choose "Preferences". Next, select "Toolbar and Sounds" and then click "Clear history trail now" button.

For Netscape:

If you are a Netscape user and wondering about how to clear computer history, you need not worry more. You can delete their history files by clicking the menu marked "Edit" and then select "Preferences", "History", and finally click on the button marked "Clear History".

For Opera:

Opera users can delete computer history by clicking the "File" menu at first and then choosing "Preferences" and "History" in succession. Next, the button marked "Empty now" should be selected. In addition to this, Opera users can also check "Empty on exit" if they wish that their browsing history should get deleted every time they leave their browser.

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Question by jane764: computers history? When I go to internet options and go to clear history. It takes 5 minutes. It used to only take a minute. Why is it running so slow? How do I fix it? Best answer for computers history?:

Answer by unhungkid
It sounds like you are running low on drive space. Check free drive space and reduce the IE cache down under 10 Mb.

Answer by borninthegreatak
Spyware? lot of history to remove?

Answer by geon106
Could be a number of things, ad/spy-ware, low disk space, other tasks running slowing system etc Try running disk cleanup Scandisk/defrag Run ad-aware Then try cleaning your browser Try restarting then try If all fails then get Firefox ;)

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