How to Remove Viewing History
Removing your Internet viewing history can be both an asset in terms of privacy and practicality. Your computer downloads your viewing history to your hard drive to aid in the loading of pages. To gain more space on your hard drive, delete your viewing history. This process will be different depending on the browser you use. You can choose to delete the browsing history selectively---for one day, week or hour---or the entire viewing history.
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Instructions
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Mozilla Firefox
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Open Mozilla Firefox.
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On the menu bar at the top of your screen, select "Tools."
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Select from the drop-down menu of tools the "Clear Recent History" option.
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Select the time frame of history that you would like deleted. You can delete one hour or your entire viewing history.
Internet Explorer
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Open Internet Explorer and select from the top menu the "Tools" button.
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From the Tools drop down menu, select "Internet Options."
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When the Internet Options box opens, select the "Delete Files" or "Delete" Button. This will remove your viewing history. To permanently have your history removed every time you close your browser, click the "Advanced" tab in Internet Options and select the box next to the option to "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed."
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