CLEARING INTERNET BROWSER HISTORY
Before starting the following procedure please read ALL the following instructions. Print them out if you need to. Once you have read them and understand them. Shut down your browser and then restart it with the browser on the normal "home" page. Once you have restarted the browser follow the instructions to clean the history or cache of the computer you are working on.
How can I clear
the Internet Explorer history file?
Instructions on how to clear
the History/Cache in Internet Explorer.
1.
Select "Internet Options" under the "View" or "Tools" option (depending on the
version you are running) on the toolbar.
2.
Under the "General" folder under "Internet Options", there is a section called
"History". Change the "Days to keep pages in History:" to 0 and click the "Clear
History" button.
3.
Click "Apply" at the bottom of the "Internet Options" box, then click "OK"
4.
To double check that everything is cleared, click the "History" button on the
web browser toolbar - it should be empty. Also, click the arrow on the right of
the URL Address box - it should be empty as well.
Internet Explorer for Macintosh
Instructions for
clearing cache
1.
In Internet Explorer 4 or higher, open the Edit menu, and then click on
Preferences.
2.
Double click on "Web Browser" until the list drops down.
3.
Select "Advanced."
4.
You will see a box called "Cache," and click on "Empty Now" button.
5.
Click "OK," then Quit from Internet Explorer and restart your computer if you
need to.
How can I clear the Netscape history file?
To
change or clear the history file in Netscape Navigator:
1.
From the Options menu, select General Preferences
then the Appearance tab.
2.
Click "Expire now" to immediately clear the history file.
To
change or clear the history file in Netscape Communicator:
1.
From the Edit menu, select Preferences then the Navigator category in the list
along the left side of the window.
2.
Click on "Expire now" to immediately clear the history file.
With Netscape
closed, search your computer for the history file and delete it. The next time
you open the browser, the file will be recreated.
* For
Windows (all versions), the file is called netscape.hst
* For Macintosh,
the file is called global history
* For Unix (all
versions), the file is called history.dat
How do I
clear the Location Toolbar drop-down menu?
Only the last 10 URLs you typed
into the Location Bar text field will be listed. Since only the last entries you
typed are stored, the easiest method of clearing unwanted entries is to type a
number of URLs to displace those currently listed.
In order to completely
clear all URLs:
The following instructions
require editing the Windows Registry. This can potentially harm the system if
the wrong entries are edited or deleted. Make sure you have current backups of
your system before proceeding. Consult Windows help if needed.
1.
Close Navigator.
2.
From the Windows Start menu, select Run...,
type:
regedit.exe (in Windows 95 and 98 and XP) or regedt32.exe (in Windows NT 4.0),
and press ENTER.
3.
Click the plus sign beside the following: hierarchy:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
-Software
-Netscape Navigator
4.
Select "URL History" on the left.
5.
On the right, clear each entry. In order to do this, double-click in the Name
column of a line, then delete whatever appears in the Value data field of the
dialog box; click OK to save the changes. Repeat this for each line.
6.
Exit the registry editor by clicking File then Exit or on the "X" in the upper
right hand corner.