How to Remove Browsing History of One Specific Website

Did you ever want your website visit to be kept a secret? You don't want anyone to know where you've been, but clearing the entire history may be obvious? Once I wanted to order something for my girlfriend, but it was a surprise and I didn't want her to think I was viewing questionable sites, since she uses the dropdown list AND she is very insecure. I am going to show you how to remove only one site from your browsing history - files and all!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Internet Explorer
• Access to System Files

1. Example using the Classic Start Menu. If you are using Mozilla Firefox, you can skip all of these steps by installing the "X (Paranoia)" Mod. If you are using Internet Explorer, start by clicking the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen (or by pressing the Windows key next to the Ctrl key). Then Click "Run...".
2. Brings up the Registry Editor, where the URL history is kept. A prompt should appear. We will start by deleting the URL (Website address) histroy. This will prevent anyone from seeing where you've been when they click the down arrow to the far right of the addressbar. Type "regedit" in the textfield provided in the prompt. Then press enter.
3. This will search the Registry for the URL history. The Registry Editor should appear. (If it doesn't, you may be denied access to it by a system administrator.) Now let's find the saved URLs. Select "My Computer" in the list to the far left. This will allow you to search the entire registry for saved information. Now press Ctrl+F (or Click Edit > Find) and a "Find" dialog should appear. Type "TypedURLs" in the textfield (alternatively type the actual URL or part of the URL you want to remove. This is more efficient for other programs potentially keeping track of your history). The only checkbox you need checked is "Keys" (If you typed the actual URL, Check "Values" and "Data"). Now press enter (or Click "Find Next") to begin searching.
4. I don't want anyone to know I went to the bobsagetisgod website. When the registry finds something, it will close the Find dialog which reads "Searching the registry..." and automatically take you to the key (registry folder) it had found. It will show you the Root on the far left, and the Values and Data on the far right. Now select the webpage(s) on the far right that you dont want and press the Delete key.
   When you are finished deleting the unwanted URLs, press F3 to continue looking for more keys that may contain URL information. Repeat this step until you see a prompt saying "Finished searching through the registry."
5. Showing the option of deleting ALL Internet Files Open a fresh new Internet Explorer window and check the dropdown list in the address bar. It should show every site visited except the ones you have deleted. How 'bout that!? This is really as far as you need to go, but the files from the website may still be on the computer, and someone computer-literate may view them. This is because the computer saves them so that when you view the site again it will load faster. If you are afraid of this, then you may do one of two things:
   1) Delete ALL of the Internet Files in the Cache. Open Internet Explorer and go to the Menu at the top and click Tools, then click "Delete Browsing History...". Then Click "Delete Files" and "Delete Cookies". You need not go any further.
   2) Delete ONLY specific Internet Files in the Cache. Start by Deleteing the cookies. Follow steps 1 and 2, except type "cookies" in the Run prompt.
6. Delete those cookies! The folder containing your internet cookies should appear. If you are wondering what cookies are, they are encrypted(secure) information saved to this folder for websites to read from, usually for things like usernames and passwords. It will be easier to view these files by going up to the menu and clicking View, then Details. Now click "View" again, hover the mouse over "Arange Icons by", then click "Modified" in the new popup-menu. This will arange the files by the date they were modified. You can arange them by name too if you want to group the cookies from the same webpage together. Now delete the cookie files created by the webpage. You'll know which ones because part of the URL will be in the filename (after the @ symbol). Delete the "index.dat" file too because it contains all of the cookies filenames.
7. Now for the actual Internet Files, the last step. The files are in the "C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files" folder. If that makes no sense to you or you're unsure what user you are, Open the Explorer by viewing any folder (you may still be in the cookies folder, so you're good). Go to the address bar where the folder path is shown. Replace any text in there with "C:\Documents and Settings" and press enter to view available users. Click the one in which you are logged onto, then go to the "Local Settings" folder, then to the "Temporary Internet Files" folder.
   Now Delete any files that you don't want. You may use the View option as noted in Step 6. That Completes the tutorial! Now you can remove specific websites from your history.