How to Clear the MSN Web History

Clear your MSN Web history in just a few steps.

MSN offers free email and instant messaging services, both of which feature a Web history that you can delete. MSN stores Web searches and historical communication to your computer in case you need the information later. If you find that having such stored data on your computer is unnecessary, delete your search and chat history using a few easy-to-follow steps. It is also possible to prevent future MSN Web history from automatically remaining on your computer.

Difficulty:

Challenging

Instructions

Clear your MSN Messenger's Web History

1. Navigate to "My Documents" and then "My Received Files".

2. Double-click on "My Received Files." You will see a complete list of historical conversations (unless your MSN Messenger Web history was previously deleted).

3. Highlight each conversation in the folder. Right-click the folder to delete it.

4. Turn off the default setting. Click "Tools" and then "Options," both of which are located on your tool bar menu. Click "Messages." Uncheck the box next to "History of the conversations", which will reset the default setting so historical communications are no longer saved.

Clear Your MSN Tool Bar's Web History

1. Enter a keyword from a previous search into the Bing search box, which you will access from the MSN toolbar. It is only necessary to enter the first few letters of the keyword. For example, instead of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", enter "Oprah".

2. Scroll to the end of the search history, which will appear just below the search box.

3. Select "Clear History".

References

• Kioskea: How to clear history MSN Messenger?
• Microsoft: Change search history and other Bing settings