How to Delete the History in the VB.Net Web Browser

The Microsoft Visual Studio environment includes the Visual Basic .Net development platform. The VB.Net platform includes an internal Web browser that can be used to quickly test code without deploying the code to a Web server. The browser history of the VB.Net browser eventually becomes quite large with each history entry saved, and Microsoft does not provide an easy way to delete the browser history, as with Internet Explorer or Firefox. However, you can clear the history of the VB.Net browser in two phases. First, delete the history from the file system, and then clear the history from the registry.

Instructions

Delete VB Browser History From File System

1. Right-click on the Windows "Start" button and then click the "Open Windows Explorer" option.

2. Navigate to the appropriate path (see below) where <username> is your Windows username. The path differs for different versions of Windows:

   C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp\VWDWebCache

   or

   C:\users\<username>\Local Settings\Temp\VWDCache

3. Click the first entry in the cache directory and then press the "Shift" key. Continue holding the "Shift" key and then click on the last entry in the cache list. All files are highlighted.

4. Press the "Delete" button on your keyboard. Click "OK" when prompted, to verify the deletions. All files are deleted from the cache directory.

5. Navigate to the following directory and again delete all cache files, if using Windows 7:

   C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache

6. Navigate to the following folder and repeat deleting all files if you are using Windows Vista:

   C:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Team Foundation\1.0\Cache

Clear VB Browser History in the Registry

1. Click the Windows "Start" button to show the "Search" input box.

2. Type "regedit" (without quotes) and press "Enter" to open the Windows Registry Editor.

3. Browse to the following registry string using the navigation tree in the left panel, or search for the key by clicking "Edit" and then "Find."

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Find

4. Click the key labeled "Find" to expand the entry.

5. Click the key labeled "FindX" and press the "Delete" key. The VB browser history is deleted.