Perhaps to optimize your computer’s efficiency and to ensure you are consistently viewing the most recent web pages available, you ought to be deleting your internet history on a fairly regular basis. The cache of temporary internet files and cookies that get stored on your system can slow down your surfing on the worldwide web. Additionally, if anyone else uses your computer, your privacy maybe compromised. If you do not regularly delete your temporary internet files, anyone using your computer can tell what sites you have viewed.
To delete the cache in Internet Explorer 7, take the following steps:
• Click on the word “Tools” then select “Internet Options” at the bottom • Make sure you are on the “General” tab, go down to “Browsing History” and click “Delete”
You now have several options. You can delete your temporary internet files that have the pages you have viewed in the cache and more. You may also delete cookies (where preferences from websites are stored) as well as the internet history list of URLs you have visited, forms data and passwords that have been kept in memory. The “Delete All” option on the bottom of the box will remove all of these.
A word of caution – if you do not know all of your passwords and rely on your system remembering them for you, do not click the “Delete All” button. Doing so will require you to request password assistance from all secure websites you regularly visit. Often just deleting your internet temporary files and cookies will do the trick.
It is important to note that all web browsers will cache your internet history. In Mozilla’s Fire Fox, the function is the same, but the toolbars and buttons have different nomenclature. To delete temporary internet files in Fire Fox, click on “Edit”, then “Preferences” and in the Navigator, click on “History” . Select the option “Clear History” and then click “OK”.
Regular housekeeping of your internet history will help you maintain your privacy about the sites you’ve visited and ensure that every page you load is the most current version. The bonus is that it can also speed up your computer’s operation.
Author:-STURAT MITCHEL
To delete the cache in Internet Explorer 7, take the following steps:
• Click on the word “Tools” then select “Internet Options” at the bottom • Make sure you are on the “General” tab, go down to “Browsing History” and click “Delete”
You now have several options. You can delete your temporary internet files that have the pages you have viewed in the cache and more. You may also delete cookies (where preferences from websites are stored) as well as the internet history list of URLs you have visited, forms data and passwords that have been kept in memory. The “Delete All” option on the bottom of the box will remove all of these.
A word of caution – if you do not know all of your passwords and rely on your system remembering them for you, do not click the “Delete All” button. Doing so will require you to request password assistance from all secure websites you regularly visit. Often just deleting your internet temporary files and cookies will do the trick.
It is important to note that all web browsers will cache your internet history. In Mozilla’s Fire Fox, the function is the same, but the toolbars and buttons have different nomenclature. To delete temporary internet files in Fire Fox, click on “Edit”, then “Preferences” and in the Navigator, click on “History” . Select the option “Clear History” and then click “OK”.
Regular housekeeping of your internet history will help you maintain your privacy about the sites you’ve visited and ensure that every page you load is the most current version. The bonus is that it can also speed up your computer’s operation.
Author:-STURAT MITCHEL
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Cool post, for the ones who are using Mozilla they can go to: tools > delete my traces,and they can specify what they want to delete.
This is especially essential when you are using a shared computer as not wiping off your web history will make it easier for others to know and monitor what you are up to in the online world.