Internet History tracks
Your browser keeps tracks of your computer and Internet activity in order to provide a more pleasant computer and surfing experience. But these history tracks can compromise your privacy and provide a way for others to view what you have been doing, searching, downloading, running, viewing, etc. Clear All History protects your privacy and lets you easily clear Internet History traces.
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The fastest way to clear history tracks:
• Double-click the Clear All History desktop icon
• Click the 'Tools' button in the program toolbar.
• Select What to Clear.
• Click the 'Quick select' button.
• Click the 'Clear all selected items' button or click 'Clear All'
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• Browser History
All information about the websites you visit is stored in the Browser History Files and Windows registry. So, anyone who has access to your computer can see what web sites you visited. Clear All History allows you to clear Internet History in Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer (AOL Browser), Maxthon (MyIE2), Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.
• Clear Search History
AutoComplete stores a list of everything you search while surfing the Internet and helps you complete search boxes by showing your previous searches. It can also seriously compromise your privacy, as anyone who has access to your computer can see what you searched on the Internet.
Using Clear All History you can clear search history in Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer (AOL Browser), Maxthon (MyIE2), Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.
• Form AutoComplete (Saved Form data)
AutoComplete helps you complete the form by displaying the previously entered information - you can simply press the down arrow key and select the text without finishing typing. So anyone who has access to your computer can see a drop down list with information you've typed.
Using Clear All History you can clear Form AutoComplete (Saved Form data) in Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer (AOL Browser), Maxthon (MyIE2), Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.
• Address Bar History
Address bar, also known as the "Location bar", is a text box used to enter a web site address in a browser. Web browsers allow users to click the down arrow to view the recently visited pages. So, the address bar history shows some of the web sites you've recently visited 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.
Using Clear All History you can completely clear Address Bar history in Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer (AOL Browser), Maxthon (MyIE2), Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.
• Cache (Temporary Internet Files)
Browsers cache most of the pages you visit including pictures, animation, movies, etc. This speeds up the displaying of pages you frequently visit as a web browser can open them from your hard disk instead of downloading them from the web. By simply opening the cache file/folder (Temporary Internet Files), anyone can see what videos you've watched, what pictures you've seen, where you've been online and more. Using Clear All History option you can completely clear cache (delete Temporary Internet files).
• Cookies
Web sites can store short pieces of information on your computer called "cookies". Cookies are created in order to recognize users when they return to a website to offer customized content to the certain user. Cookies can also store such information as your name and password on protected login pages, preferences, account information and choices you have made on the site. So, even if you remove browser history, cookies like a map will show your surfing preferences, habits, passwords, etc.
Using Clear All History you can delete cookies in Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer (AOL Browser), Maxthon (MyIE2), Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.
• Stored passwords
Web browsers save passwords that you typed in web sites forms. It can threat to your privacy because anyone who has access to your computer can use stored passwords to get to the corresponding web sites or use special software to grab your passwords. Using Clear All History you can completely delete saved Passwords in Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer (AOL Browser), Maxthon (MyIE2), Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.
• Index.dat files
Internet Explorer stores different index.dat files. IECompatCache index.dat, PrivacIE index.dat and IEDownloadHistory index.dat can be deleted any time. Some index.dat files such as history index.dat file, cookies index.dat file and temporary internet files index.dat file 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). These index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer to store Internet history, temporary internet files (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. Their content is not deleted even if you clear browser history, temporary internet files (cache) and cookies.
Using Clear All History you can easily clear the content of index.dat files and delete index.dat files.
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