Your browsing history is the info that Internet Explorer stores on a PC as
you surf the web. To help improve your experience, this includes info you've
entered into forms, passwords, & sites you've visited. However, if you're
using a shared or public PC, you may not want Internet Explorer to save your
history.
View your browsing history and delete specific sites
By viewing your browsing history, you can choose to delete specific sites,
or return to a webpage that you've already visited.
1. In Internet Explorer, select the Favorites button.
2. Select the History tab, and choose how you want to view your history
by selecting a filter from the menu. To delete specific sites, right-select
a site from any of these lists and then select Delete. Or, return to a page
by selecting any site in the list.
Delete your browsing history
Regularly deleting your browsing history helps protect your privacy,
especially if you're using a shared or public PC.
To delete browsing history in Internet Explorer 11 & Internet Explorer 10
1. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, point to Safety, and
then select Delete browsing history.
2. Choose the types of data or files you want to remove from your PC,
and then select Delete.
To delete browsing history in Internet Explorer 9
1. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, and then select
Internet options.
2. Under Browsing history, select Delete.
To delete browsing history in Internet Explorer 8
1. In Internet Explorer, select the Safety menu, and then select Delete
Browsing History.
2. Choose the types of data and files you want to remove from your PC,
and then select Delete.
Note
If you want Internet Explorer to delete your browsing history every time you
close it, select the Delete browsing history on exit check box before you
select Delete.
What gets deleted when you delete your browsing history
Types of info
What gets deleted
Internet Explorer version
Browsing history
The list of sites you've visited.
All
Cached images temporary Internet files
Copies of pages, images, and other media content stored on your PC. The
browser uses these copies to load content faster the next time you visit
those sites.
All
Cookies
Info that sites store on your PC to remember your preferences, such as
sing-in or your location.
All
Download history
The list of files you've downloaded form the web. This only deletes the
lest, not the actual files you've downloaded.
Only Internet Explorer 11 and Internet Explorer 10
Form data
Info that you've entered into forms, such as your email or a shipping
address.
All
Passwords
Passwords that you've saved for sites.
All
Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filtering, and Do Not Track data
Websites you've excluded from ActiveX Filtering, and data that the browser
uses to detect tracking activity.
All
Favorites
The list of sites that you've saved as favorites. Don't delete favorites if
you only want to remove individual sites-this will delete all of your saved
sites.
All
InPrivate filtering data
Saved data used by InPrivate Filtering to detect where sites might be
automatically sharing details about your visit.
Only for Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 8
Properties
Applies to :
Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Internet Explorer
Website:
www.support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/17438/windows-internet-explorer-view-de
lete-browsing-history
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