How to Clear Your History in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer, like most browsers, keeps track of the websites you’ve visited so that you can easily find them again or so that it can auto-suggest websites for you when you start typing them in the navigation bar. Fortunately, it’s easy to clear out your history in Internet Explorer:

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If you’re using an older version of Internet Explorer, these steps won’t be exactly the same for you but they will be similar. Consider updating Internet Explorer to the latest version. CCleaner is a system cleaner that can delete the history in Internet Explorer too, as well as the history stored in other web browsers you might use. You can avoid having to clear your history by browsing the internet privately through Internet Explorer. You can do this by using InPrivate Browsing: Open IE, go to the menu button, and navigate to Safety > InPrivate Browsing, or press the Ctrl+Shift+P keyboard shortcut. Everything you do within that browser window is kept secret in regards to your history, which means that nobody can go through your visited websites and there’s no need to clear the history when you’re done; just exit the window when you’re finished.