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What is Internet Explorer History?

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Overview

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How do I clean Internet Explorer History?

Internet Explorer History may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

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If you want to clean Internet Explorer History manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are two locations in the file system where Internet Explorer History stores data that can be cleaned. Additionally, Internet Explorer History stores private data in one registry key.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Internet Explorer History, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry key:

1. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand Internet Explorer.
   • Expand TabbedBrowsing.
   • Right-click NewTabPage.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Internet Explorer History and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Internet Explorer History that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\History\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History\*
2. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Active\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Active\*
3. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Last Active\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Last Active\*
4. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\High\Active\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\High\Active\*
5. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\High\Last Active\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\High\Last Active\*

Once you have identified the files stored by Internet Explorer History that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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