How to Browse & Delete History
Most Web browsers keep a browsing history log showing all of the sites that have been loaded within the browser during a certain time period. You can either use this history to see where you've been (or where others have been on your computer) and revisit sites you've been to before. You can also clear this history if you don't want others to be able to see where people have been in your browser.
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Instructions
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In Internet Explorer
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Launch Internet Explorer.
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Click the "Favorites" button in the top-left corner; then click the "History" tab.
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Browse the history at your leisure. You can arrange the items in the history based on different criteria by selecting different options in the drop-down menu at the top of the tab.
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Delete individual items from the history by right-clicking on them and selecting "Delete" from the pop-up menu.
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Delete the entire history by clicking the "Tools" menu at the top of the window and selecting "Delete Browsing History." This will open up another window; click the "Delete History" button to complete the process.
In Firefox
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Launch Firefox.
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Click the "History" menu at the top of the window and select "Show All History."
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Browse through the history in the left panel of the window that pops up. Use the tabs at the top of the window to rearrange the data or search through it.
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Right-click on individual items and select "Delete" from the pop-up menu to delete them.
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Clear the entire browsing history by clicking the "Tools" menu at the top of the window, selecting "Clear Private Data" and clicking the "OK" button on the window that pops up.
In Safari
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Launch Safari.
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Click the "History" menu at the top of the screen. The last 10 items in the history are displayed in the middle of the drop-down menu. At the bottom of the drop-down menu, you can mouse over the various folders to reveal more extensive histories from various periods in time.
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Delete any individual browsing history entry by right-clicking on it and selecting "Delete" from the pop-up menu.
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Delete the entire browsing history by clicking the "Clear History" command at the bottom of the History menu.
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