clearing web history

AHarvey · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:02

Can anyone tell me all the places your web history is saved on XP?

Craig321 · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:04

Easiest way is probably to use CCleaner - it'll remove the index.dat files, history and whatever else you want it to remove.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

tolien · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:22

With what? IE?

ExRayTed · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:27

History is cleared by going to Tools / Internet options then clear history.Get rid of typed URLs by going to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs and deleting the ones you don't want.

Or get the program listed above.Or stop visiting naughty websites

premist · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:28

Craig321 said:
Easiest way is probably to use CCleaner - it'll remove the index.dat files, history and whatever else you want it to remove.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

What he said

ExRayTed said:
Or stop visiting naughty websites

And this aswell!

tolien · 14 Dec 2008 at 11:29

ExRayTed said:
History is cleared by going to Tools / Internet options then clear history.Get rid of typed URLs by going to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs and deleting the ones you don't want.

Only for IE, and AFAIK CCleaner won't touch Firefox 3's SQLite files (and I've never tried it with Chrome, Opera, Safari et al)...

Amnesia · 14 Dec 2008 at 12:21

ExRayTed said:
stop visiting naughty websites

worse advice ever!

eXor · 14 Dec 2008 at 13:00

ExRayTed said:
Or get the program listed above.Or stop visiting naughty websites

Or dual boot to an OS on a fully encrypted partiton and do all your naughty surfing and viewing there, worry free.

ExRayTed · 14 Dec 2008 at 13:10

My son used to create another user account on Xp,browse for nawties,then delete the account after.Worked until I caught him hehe

zzzJonny · 14 Dec 2008 at 21:42

Use a recent firefox nightly build and use private browsing or use an addon which makes sure no history or anything is saved.

Mattus · 14 Dec 2008 at 22:14

eXor said:
Or dual boot to an OS on a fully encrypted partiton and do all your naughty surfing and viewing there, worry free.

A bit over the top when the latest Firefox, Safari and IE have a private mode that doesn't save anything!

philip41 · 14 Dec 2008 at 22:24

Mattus said:
A bit over the top when the latest Firefox, Safari and IE have a private mode that doesn't save anything!

Really, did not no this, where is the setting please.

Memphis · 15 Dec 2008 at 00:54

ExRayTed said:
Or stop visiting naughty websites

Just visit even more! Hell if someone's going to find your browsing history, you may as well do the job properly!

eXor · 15 Dec 2008 at 09:20

Mattus said:
A bit over the top when the latest Firefox, Safari and IE have a private mode that doesn't save anything!

philip41 said:

Really, did not no this, where is the setting please.

Click to expand...

Neither did I. Information may still leak :

1. Software bug in browser / OS
2. by design ( e.g. \Documents and Settings\user\Recent, index.dat, swap file, other undocumented locations )

No overlooked leaks on an encrypted partition. Someone would have to break into your computer remotely to view anything. Either that, or look over your shoulder.

tolien · 15 Dec 2008 at 16:56

philip41 said:
Really, did not no this, where is the setting please.

In Firefox it's Tools -> Private Browsing, but you need to be running at least 3.1b2.
In Safari 3.2.1 on Windows, it's Edit -> Private Browsing...
You need one of the IE8 betas to use its private browsing mode, and Chrome has Incognito.

philip41 · 15 Dec 2008 at 18:50

Thanks Tolien.

yantorsen · 16 Dec 2008 at 00:17

tolien said:
Chrome has Incognito.

How does that work?