How to Delete Internet Browsing History through Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista?


Whenever you browse the internet, everything you view in the Internet Explorer i.e. web pages, images, text and so on are cached on the hard disk of your system. This is called browsing history. This history also contains cookies, website history, passwords and so on. You can delete this browsing history and free up the space on your hard disk as per your convenience.

You can accomplish this in the following manner:

1) Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools and select Internet Options



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2) Now click the Delete button under Browsing history section.



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3) You can now view the various sections in the Delete Browsing History window such as Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, History and so on.



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4) Click the Delete button corresponding to the type of files you want to delete.

5) Click Yes button to confirm



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6) Click OK button in the Internet Options window

Note: You can also set the Internet Explorer to delete the browsing history when you close the Internet Explorer window. To know how to do this click the link How to Delete Internet Explorer Browsing History on Exit?