Deleting Internet Explorer's History
Internet Explorer keeps a detailed list of the Web sites you visit. For some odd reason, it even tosses in the names of some files you play in Media Player.When you begin typing a Web address into the address bar, Internet Explorer even uses its own version of AutoComplete to display previously visited Web sites in a drop-down box, as seen below.
To make Internet Explorer show you the list of Web sites you've visited, click its History icon (the clock with the little green wrap-around arrow). Or, hold down the Ctrl key and press the letter "h".
Unless you've specifically told Internet Explorer otherwise, a list will display every Web site you've visited in the past 20 days. (Choose View from its menu to list them either by date, alphabetically, popularity, or by the order you've visited on that particular day.)
Deleting Internet Explorer's entire History list
Here's how to delete Internet Explorer's entire History list:- Open Internet Explorer.
- Choose Internet Options from the Tools menu.
- Click the "Clear History" button.
To stop Internet Explorer from keeping the list altogether, continue to step four, below.
- Set the "Days to keep pages in history" setting to "0".
Deleting individual entries from the History list
If you'd like to keep the History enabled for convenience sake, you may delete individual sites from the History by doing this:- Open Internet Explorer and click its "History" button.
- Right-click the individual site you'd like to purge and select Delete from the pop-up menu.
- Choose Yes to confirm the deletion.