Cleaning browser history

[Guest]

Hello all,

I tried to clean up history of IE6 browser on a PC . I did the following
things:

Internet Properties --> Delete Cookies,
Internet Properties --> Clean History
Internet Properties --> Delete Files

These actions clean up most history. But when I type the letter "h" on the
address field of a browser after the clean up actions above, it still brought
up some URLs with example like: http://homepage.example.com/example.htm

How do I do a more thorough cleaning?

Thanx in advance

L&L

 

[Ricky]

Go to internet options..content tab..autocomplete button..there you can
clear forms and web addresses.

 

[Guest]

Thanx for replying.
The "clear forms" button does not clear the web address. But if I unchecked
"web address" on the "AutoComplete Settings" windows, it would prevent the
web address from appearing in the address field of IE6. But that isn't really
cleaning up, is it?

L & L

 

[Margaret]

Hi there,

Try this: Open Regedit and go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs
Delete everything in the right pane

 

[MAP]

Hello all,

I tried to clean up history of IE6 browser on a PC . I did the
following things:

Internet Properties --> Delete Cookies,
Internet Properties --> Clean History
Internet Properties --> Delete Files

These actions clean up most history. But when I type the letter "h"
on the address field of a browser after the clean up actions above,
it still brought up some URLs with example like:
http://homepage.example.com/example.htm

How do I do a more thorough cleaning?

Thanx in advance

L&L

http://www.ccleaner.com/

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi LAL - To delete ALL Addresses in the Drop Down list, go here and download
and install Mike Burgess' DelTypedURL.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm See below for Selective Delete.

You can also get DelSearchMRU.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelSearchMRU.inf

Note: this does not remove entries entered via AutoComplete. To remove
hidden AutoComplete entries in History:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm#AutoComplete


IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before you do
the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries will
just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.

Some free third party alternatives are:
http://www.handyarchive.com/Internet/Browsers-Plugins/2440-Clear-IE-History.html
http://www.handyarchive.com/Internet/Security/11842--1Free-History-Eraser.html
http://www.handyarchive.com/Utilities/Disk-Utilities/4133-Free-History-Cleaner.html



A nice alternative just for selective of all Address (not Search) history
maintenance is EditURLs, here: http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/ Here also,
you must close ALL instances of IE6 for the deletions to "take".
Recommended

 

[Donny Broome]

Give this a try:
http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/


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