To
ensure that other people who have access to your computer cannot view
information from sites you have visited, you can delete your browsing
history.
Internet
Explorer maintains a list of the sites you visit, as well as copies of
site content so that pages load faster the next time you view them.
Internet Explorer also saves text and passwords that you have typed into
forms, and cookies, which are small text files that store information such as site preferences and logon data.
Saving
this history makes surfing easier, but it is dangerous because other
people who use your computer can just as easily visit or view
information about those sites. This can be a problem if you visit
financial sites, private corporate sites, or some other page that you
would not want another person to visit. You reduce this risk by deleting
some or all of your browsing history.
Delete Your Browsing History
1 Click Safety.
2 Click Delete Browsing History.
The Delete Browsing History dialog box appears.
3 To keep the browsing history associated with sites on your Favorites list, click Preserve Favorites website data (
changes to 
).
4 To delete saved Web page files, click Temporary Internet files ( changes to ).
5 To delete cookies files, click Cookies ( changes to ).
6 To delete the list of Web sites you have visited, click History ( changes to ).
7 To delete saved form data, click Form data ( changes to ).
8 To delete saved form passwords, click Passwords ( changes to ).
9 Click Delete.
Internet Explorer deletes the selected browsing history.
|
Can I prevent Internet Explorer from saving my browsing history?
If you visit sensitive or
private Web sites, you can tell Internet Explorer not to save any
browsing history for those sites. When you activate the InPrivate
Browsing feature, Internet Explorer stops saving browsing history when
you visit Web sites. Internet Explorer also turns off third-party
toolbars and other add-ons that you have added to the browser.
To turn on InPrivate Browsing, click Safety and then click InPrivate Browsing.
A new Internet Explorer window appears, and you see [InPrivate] in the
title bar, and the InPrivate indicator in the address bar. |
