Do you know that your browser stores traces of everything you do while surfing the Internet?
What is browser history?
Learn more about browser history tracks and why browser history considered being privacy threat.
While Internet surfing your browser records all your actions: visited websites, every search string you enter in search engine (Google, Yahoo, MSN), information you enter when filling web forms (logins, passwords), shopping preferences, credit card numbers, etc. All these history tracks are stored in browser history, cache and cookies files.
Why browser history considered to be privacy threat
Anyone who has access to your browser history is able to know your web surfing history (what web sites you visited, what you searched on the Internet, etc.), what images and videos you have seen, files you downloaded and much more.
Do you want your boss, spouse, kids or colleagues see what you have been doing on your PC?
Different ways to erase history tracks
If you care about your PC privacy, you should regularly erase history stored in your browser.
Please read our tips that help you erase history manually:
• how to erase Internet Explorer history
• how to erase Firefox history
Note: browser history is just a small part of all history tracks stored on your PC
To protect your privacy you should also erase history tracks stored by Windows and erase history in applications you use
You can erase history manually but is takes too much time. Furthermore some kinds of history tracks can be deleted manually without special software
Clear All History is powerful erase history software that provides an easy way to automatically erase history tracks including browser history, search history, Autocomplete, cache, cookies, stored passwords and all index.dat files.
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A must-have tool for every PC user
• advanced scheduler to erase history automatically
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Erase Internet History
• erase browser history
• erase search history
• erase Toolbar search history
• erase AutoComplete
• erase address bar history
• erase index.dat files
• erase cache (Temporary Internet Files)
• erase cookies & passwords
• supports Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, Firefox, Maxthon (MyIE2), Opera, Netscape, Mozilla
Erase Windows history
• Windows Temporary Files
• clear clipboard
• Recent Documents list
• Recent items
• Recently open/save files list
• Page file (swap file)
• Windows Run History
• Windows search history
• Start Menu open programs history
Erase application history
• erase Microsoft Office recent documents history
• clear Google Desktop
• erase Windows Media Player history and more
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Browser history tracks
Address bar history
Address bar (Location bar) is a text box used to enter a we site address in a browser. Internet Explorer stores a list of web sites you have visited. Every time when you start typing an Internet address in Address bar, a long list of all web addresses have visited in the past is shown and anyone who has access to your computer and starts to type in the address bar will get a drop down url list with the web sites you've visited. To keep the pages you have recently visited or searched for private you should erase address bar history
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Autocomplete history (Saved form data)
AutoComplete is a feature that stores a list of everything you type in web pages (for example your name, e-mail address, credit card information, keywords you enter in search engines, etc). AutoComplete helps you complete forms by suggesting possible matches - you can simply press the down arrow key and select the text without finishing typing.
While AutoComplete feature may be helpful for some things, it can also seriously compromise your security and privacy, as anyone who has access to your computer can see what web sites you visited and what information you entered on web pages. Also various malicious software can use AutoComplete data to steal your personal information such as your name, e-mail address, credit card information and/or retrieve web sites passwords stored as autocomplete data.
Search history
Your browser records every search string you enter in search engine (Google, Yahoo, MSN). AutoComplete stores a list of everything you search while surfing the Internet and helps you complete search boxes by suggesting possible search matches. It can also seriously compromise your privacy, as anyone who has access to your computer can see what you searched on the Internet - you search history.
Index.dat files (in Internet Explorer)
Internet history is more than just a list of visited web sites. Computer stores multiple records of your Internet history that can't be easily deleted. There are three index.dat files used by Internet Explorer - history index.dat file, cookies index.dat file, cache index.dat file. Index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer to store Internet history, cache, cookies and other information about your Internet activity.
Although index.dat files are useful, they can compromise your privacy as any person who has some knowledge about index.dat files and has access to your computer can see the history of your Internet activities. Index.dat files are system files and they can't be deleted manually as they are used by Windows all the time (index.dat files are locked by Windows). Their content is not deleted even if you clear browser history, cache and cookies. Using Clear All History you can easily delete index.dat files content or delete index.dat files.
Erase Internet Explorer history
 Erase history of visited websites
To erase history of visited websites history in Internet Explorer 7.0:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Open the "General" tab.
• In "Browsing history" area click the "Delete" button.
• To erase list of web sites you have visited (web addresses from the Address bar), click "Delete history" and then click Yes.
• Click Close and then click OK.
To erase history of visited sites in Internet Explorer 5.x/6.x:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Open "General tab", click "Clear history".
• Click "OK".
Note: in Internet Explorer even if you erase history of visited sites manually, history index.dat file stores information which can show where you have been online. This file can't be deleted manually as it is used by Windows all the time.
Erase Autocomplete (Saved form data)
To erase history of form AutoComplete in Internet Explorer 7.0:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Open the "General" tab.
• In "Browsing history" area click the "Delete" button.
• In "Delete browsing history" window, to erase information from web forms (saved information that you have typed into forms), click "Delete forms" button and then click "Yes".
To erase history of form AutoComplete in Internet Explorer 5.x/6.x:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Open the "Content" tab.
• Click the "AutoComplete" button.
• Click the "Clear forms" button to delete all AutoComplete form data.
If you don't want Internet Explorer to save this data in the future, you may remove check mark from the necessary check box.
Erase history of recent searches
To erase history of recent searches in Internet Explorer 7.0:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Open the "General" tab.
• In "Browsing history" area click the "Delete" button.
• In "Delete browsing history" window click "Delete forms" button and then click "Yes".
• Click Close and then click OK.
To erase history of recent searches in Internet Explorer 5.x/6.x:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Open the "Content" tab.
• Click the "AutoComplete" button.
• Click the "Clear forms" button to delete search history.
• Click OK.
Also read how to:
erase Temporary Internet files
erase cookies
erase index.dat files
Erase Firefox history
Erase history of visited websites
To erase history of visited websites history in Firefox 2.0:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Select "Privacy".
• In Private area click "Clear Now".
• In "Clear Private Data" window put the check mark for "Browsing history" and click "Clear Private Data Now".
• Click OK.
To erase history of visited sites in Firefox 1.5:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Select "Privacy".
• Open "History" tab and click "Clear Browsing history now".
• Click OK.
In "History" tab you can specify how long you want Firefox to remember what web sites you visited.
Erase Autocomplete (Saved form data)
To erase history of form AutoComplete in Firefox 2.0:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Select "Privacy".
• In Private area click "Clear Now".
• In "Clear Private Data" window put the check mark for "Saved form and Search History" and click "Clear Private Data Now".
• Click OK.
To erase history of form AutoComplete in Firefox 1.5:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Select "Privacy".
• Open "Saved Forms" tab and click "Clear Saved Form Data Now".
• Click OK.
Erase history of recent searches
To erase history of recent searches in Firefox 2.0:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Select "Privacy".
• In Private area click "Clear Now".
• In "Clear Private Data" window put the check mark for "Saved form and Search History" and click "Clear Private Data Now".
• Click OK.
To erase history of recent searches in Firefox 1.5:
• Select Tools -> Internet Options
• Select "Privacy".
• Open "Saved Forms" tab and click "Clear Saved Form Data Now".
• Click OK.
Also read how to:
erase cache
erase cookies
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What history tracks you may erase using free erase history software:
 erase Internet Explorer history
erase history in Mozilla
erase Firefox history
erase history in Netscape
erase history in Opera
erase history of URL AutoComplete
clear history index.dat file content in Internet Explorer
erase Windows Temporary files
clear clipboard
erase history of Recent Documents list
Empty Recycle Bin
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Want to erase history manually? Please read:
what types of history tracks are stored on your PC
tips to erase history manually:
Erase browser history (search history, autocomplete, url history)
Erase Internet Explorer history
• erase history of visited websites
• erase search history
• erase AutoComplete data
Erase Internet history in Firefox
• erase history of visited websites
• erase search history
• erase AutoComplete data
Erase Browser History
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