How to Search Your Web History

If, for any reason, you want to peruse the Internet history on a computer, there are a few ways to do it. You can work through the History folder, which can be accessed from the toolbar at the top of your Web browser, or, if the History folder has been erased, you can access the temporary Internet files and cookies from the Internet Options menu. Some people forget to erase this folder when they delete their browsing activity.

Instructions

Internet Explorer

1. Open your browser. Click on History in the toolbar. Click each item in the History menu to search it. The items represent Internet sites that have been visited.

2. Click "Tools." A drop-down menu will appear. Click "Internet Options." On the Internet Options page, click "Settings" in the Browsing History section.

3. Click "View Files" to see temporary Internet files and cookies that may not have been deleted when the history menu was deleted. You can click on these files to visit the websites to which they belong.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox. In Firefox, searching the history is done in a similar way to Internet Explorer. Click on "History" on the toolbar at the top of the screen to view the Internet history.

2. Click Tools > Options > Privacy.

3. Click on "Show Cookies..." in the Cookies section to see temporary Internet files and cookies that may not have been deleted when the regular history was erased. Like in Internet Explorer, you can click on the files in the "Cookies" folder to visit the websites that created them.