How do I clear Windows Internet Explorer 8 browsing history?
Summary
This article describes how to clear the history of visited web sites and the cache of temporary files that Internet Explorer 8 saves to a computer when surfing the Internet. Clearing these items may resolve some types of performance or connection problems.
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- Close all other applications, and launch Internet Explorer 8.
- From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.
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- In the Browsing history section, click Delete.
- The Delete Browsing History appears.
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Internet Explorer 8 gives you more control over your browsing history. In order to take advantage of this control, you may want to delete your history selectively. Basically, delete one type of history, and then check your issue again.
You may also opt to delete everything at once. In this case, make certain that the top checkbox is empty, and the others are selected.
- Begin by removing the checkmarks from History, Temporary Internet Files, and Cookies. Leave Preserve Favorites website data checked.
- Check History, and click Delete. Recheck your issue.
Note: This resets all links on websites to their default coloring, etc. This wipes away the evidence of previous visits to a site.
- Check Temporary Internet Files, and click Delete. Recheck your issue.
Note: This may take a few minutes if there is a large cache of files.
- Check Cookies, and click Delete. Recheck your issue.
Note: Deleting cookies in this manner removes cookies you may wish to save, but which are not part of your Favorites. Some web sites remember your user name and password with a cookie. You may wish to try clearing the History and deleting Temporary Files BEFORE deleting Cookies.
- Uncheck Preserve Favorites website data, and click Delete.
Note: This removes cookies and temporary files associated with websites in your Favorites lists. These were not removed during the previous steps.
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This article was last modified on 1/21/2010 2:00:30 PM
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