How to Check Your Computer's Internet URL History

Quickly view the list of URLs visited by your Web browser.

Unless you change its default settings, your Web browser stores information about every Web page you visit. In addition to tracking the date and time of each page view, the program maintains a list of the title and address of every visited page. Because this data is tracked by the browser, not your operating system, you must check your URL history from within a browser window. Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera all allow you to sort your history by URL with just a few clicks.

Instructions

Using Firefox

1. Open a Firefox browser window.

2. Press the "Ctrl" and "H" keys simultaneously to view the History panel.

3. Click the "View" button and select "By site" to view the list of visited sites, grouped by address.

Using Internet Explorer

1. Open an Internet Explorer browser window.

2. Press the "Ctrl" and "H" keys simultaneously to view the History panel.

3. Click the drop-down menu at the top of the History panel and select "View by Site" to view the list of visited sites, grouped by address.

Using Opera

1. Open an Opera browser window.

2. Press the "Ctrl" and "H" keys simultaneously to view the History panel.

3. Click the "View" button and select "By site" from the drop-down menu to view the list of visited sites, grouped by address.

References

• Mozilla Support: Keyboard shortcuts
• Microsoft Windows: Internet Explorer, Quick reference guide
• Opera Help: Advanced preferences, History