How to Delete your History

You don't necessarily want people poking around your Internet history. It's not only those who surf adult websites or chat rooms that might wish to hide their tracks from others: many people keep sensitive information on shared computers and have an interest in keeping data private, or their birthday or Christmas shopping, and don't want prying eyes making unwanted discoveries. If any of that applies to you, it is absolutely vital to make this your habit to avoid potential problems. While commercial software can erase history logs, this how-to will equip you to do it yourself—for free! 





1:  Follow these steps to delete History in Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer. Click on Internet Options in the Tools menu.

Delete everything. Bring up Internet Options from the Tools menu, then select "Delete all." Alternatively, delete individual items using the History Pane accessible from the toolbar button.

• Delete cookies: In the same Internet Options window, select Delete Cookies. Alternatively, delete individual items accessible using the View Files button.
• Delete temp files: In the same Internet Options window, select "Delete Files." See Tips for how to manage temporary files.

Follow these steps to delete History in Google chrome

2: Follow these steps to delete History in Google Chrome

Open a Chrome browser window. On the upper right of the toolbar, locate and click on the Chrome menu.

• Select Tools → Clear Browsing Data...

Check your options. In the resulting window, check off the options that you want to use. You can delete as little or as much of your usage history as you like.

• To delete your entire usage history, obliterate the selected items "from the beginning of time."

3: Follow these steps to delete History in Firefox

Launch Firefox. Click on the Firefox menu, and select History → Clear Recent History.

Select a time range. In the Clear Recent History window, select the appropriate time range. You can select anywhere form the last hour to everything.

• To make a more specific selection for deletion, click on the Details menu in theClear Recent History window, and choose exactly what it is you wish to delete.
• Click Clear Now

Deleting Search History Using Registry Editor (Advanced Technique)

Open up your Start menu and type in "regedit" into your search bar. Press "Enter" when finished

Double-click on the "regedit" icon. Wait until the program loads up. If prompted, press "continue."

Press "Control" and "F" to bring up the Find box. This will allow you to begin searching for specific registry files.

Type in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft" into the Find box. Click the plus icon once the result lists in the Find box.

Go to "Internet Explorer" → "Explorer Bars."

Locate the Default registry entry. It will have the word "Default" in its file name.

Right-click and delete all registry entries below the Default registry entry. Be sure not to delete the Default registry entry or any entries above the Default, as this may seriously compromise your system's ability to perform certain functions.

Deleting Index.Dat Files (Advanced Technique)

Boot into Windows using Safe Mode. Normally, you can do this by hitting F8 immediately after turning on your computer.

Log in as an administrator. Your index.dat files, which relay internet history information, are impossible to delete in Command Prompt when not logged in as Administrator.

In Command Prompt, type in "del index.dat /s" and hit the Enter key. Your index.dat files, along with its subdirectories, should now be cleared.

Hope this helps you clear the History :) :) :)