View and delete your browsing history in Internet Explorer


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  1. View and delete your browsing history in Internet Explorer
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  4. Your browsing history is the info that Internet Explorer stores on a PC as you surf the web. To help improve your experience, this includes info you've entered into forms, passwords, and sites you've visited. However, if you're using a shared or public PC, you may not want Internet Explorer to save your history.
  5. View your browsing history and delete specific sites
  6. By viewing your browsing history, you can choose to delete specific sites, or return to a webpage that you've already visited.
  7. In Internet Explorer, select the Favorites button.
  8. Select the History tab, and choose how you want to view your history by selecting a filter from the menu. To delete specific sites, right-select a site from any of these lists and then select Delete. Or, return to a page by selecting any site in the list.
  9. Delete your browsing history
  10. Regularly deleting your browsing history helps protect your privacy, especially if you're using a shared or public PC.
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  12. To delete browsing history in Internet Explorer 11 and Internet Explorer 10
  13. To delete browsing history in Internet Explorer 9
  14. To delete browsing history in Internet Explorer 8
  15. What gets deleted when you delete your browsing history
  16. Types of info What gets deleted Internet Explorer version
  17. Browsing history
  18. The list of sites you've visited.
  19. All
  20. Cached images temporary Internet files
  21. Copies of pages, images, and other media content stored on your PC. The browser uses these copies to load content faster the next time you visit those sites.
  22. All
  23. Cookies
  24. Info that sites store on your PC to remember your preferences, such as sing-in or your location.
  25. All
  26. Download history
  27. The list of files you've downloaded form the web. This only deletes the lest, not the actual files you've downloaded.
  28. Only Internet Explorer 11 and Internet Explorer 10
  29. Form data
  30. Info that you've entered into forms, such as your email or a shipping address.
  31. All
  32. Passwords
  33. Passwords that you've saved for sites.
  34. All
  35. Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filtering, and Do Not Track data
  36. Websites you've excluded from ActiveX Filtering, and data that the browser uses to detect tracking activity.
  37. All
  38. Favorites
  39. The list of sites that you've saved as favorites. Don't delete favorites if you only want to remove individual sites—this will delete all of your saved sites.
  40. All
  41. InPrivate filtering data
  42. Saved data used by InPrivate Filtering to detect where sites might be automatically sharing details about your visit.
  43. Only for Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 8
  44. Properties
  45. Article ID: 17438 - Last Review: Sep 1, 2016 - Revision: 32
  46. Applies to
  47. Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Internet Explorer
  48. Feedback
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  50. Yes Somewhat

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