How to clear browser history

How to clear browser history

• simon_

  the regkey only stores the IE history, and maybe Windows, im unsure but it will store the recently used history addresses I think
  
  

• Isaiyavan Babu Karan

  I found this link that tells where FF holds the URL history (for someone else who is curious).. Thanks guys for your help!
  
  http://kb.mozillazine.org/History.dat
  
  
  

• cyberwälder

  Ahh.. I think this is actually all I was looking for. thank you very much. I was searching for a FF registry entry holding these values... do you know where FF holds these urls
  
  

• PJFINTRAX

  there was a topic about this a while ago and you cannot really delete the history in your application as Windows manages this, even if you delete the history files in the history folder in your user account folder, some files are not deletable and some are.
  
  

• Ants Hurdley

  Yes, but he can now clear the history in the history panel and clear typed urls by the user which is viewed in the address bar.

  I think you will need to remove the Temp. Internet files to clear all about the history

  
  
  

• gokce

  no worries!

  It will be doable but its a long painful process :-)

  
  
  

• EliteSniper177

  It's actually in C# and won't be of any use to you, it was just a question like yours on how to delete the history and was pretty much concluded that nothing much can be done about it

  http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=799879&SiteID=1

  pretty much severe Windows hacking on trying to do what you want would be done which is of course not recommended especially when distributing your application to clients

  
  
  

• Peter Kahn

  It is interesting to me that this is not a thing that can be done easily. I reviewed the postings you have the link for above and it was pretty interesting because I have tried a couple of the ideas presented. I think my Norton System utilities package does this so it has to be able to be odne.
  
  I also find it interesting that clearing the items manually does not actually change the file size of the index.dat file (I didn't notice), meaning that the contents are still there. hurm.. thanks for the help!
  
  

• Fahad349

  Well this actually only clears the typed urls and not the items in the history panel. How do I get the items out of the history panel I know that the index.dat file is the only place that stores this info but I have no clue how to go about clearing the information out since it is already in use.

  How do these "clear your browser history" applications work THere are tons of them but there doesnt seem to be too muh documentation on how to go about doing it as a programmer.

  Thanks!

  
  

• eldoktor007

  Have a look at this link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/157729/en-us

  Hope this can help!

  Best Regards,

  Amr Ouf

• AzurianArcher

  huh. That is interesting. So what would be the difference between the index.dat file and the registry entry for IE
  
  

• bkrcove

  Regisery entries reperensts the Addres List in Internet Explorer Bar!!!

  
  
  

• mveit

  I have been searching for a bit trying to find the article you are speaking of. Can you please guide me in the right direction Thanks!
  
  
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