How to completely delete internet history

UltimaFury · August 11th, 2005

I go to internet options and delete internet history and then i exit IE. but one day i got back on and checked by history and saw (by clicking the history icon on the IE toolbar) that my history that was supposedly deleted earlier was not deleted.

Am i doing something wrong? Thanks

**Johnny** · August 11th, 2005

you have to select everything there to delete.. About the best I can say though is this. If you want to delete things when the browser closes, Maxthon does a good job of it. Or, you can get Crap Cleaner. It deletes all the internet stuff plus some. You can go to the site here: www.ccleaner.com or but clicking hte icon in my sig ...

UltimaFury · August 11th, 2005

i did what you recommended and ran Ccleaner a few times and my internet history still shows up!! Any other suggestions?

**American Zombie** · August 11th, 2005

Did you reboot after running CCleaner?

CCleaner marks the index.dat files for deletion on reboot.

**Johnny** · August 11th, 2005

did you select analyze, then select run cleaner ??? if you did it right. You should have got rid of everything ..

**ray_gillespie** · August 11th, 2005

I get this problem all the time at work, there is a way around it however! All you need to do, I think, is open up your history in IE. Right-click My Computer, and choose delete. Then close IE, run Ccleaner, and hopefully, the entire history will be clear. I have absolutely no idea why this happens, but since about 3 months ago I have had to do this to clear my history almost every time.

If that doesn't work then I don't know.

**ming** · August 11th, 2005

Steganos Security Suite enables you to run the history cleaner plus many other cleaners such as temp files and recycle bin - either automatically when you close all IE browsers or when you click the one-touch shredder icon. To be safe, you can select different levels of shredding/overwriting with 0's and 1's to goverment standards.

http://www.steganos.de/?language=en&layout=default

**mlakrid** · August 11th, 2005

With regards to government standards there is no "standard" for erasing hard drives which have been used for storing classified information. They all have to be destroyed... what a waste...

Mike A!

UltimaFury · August 11th, 2005

it finally worked after running Ccleaner and rebooting. thanks everyone!

**Sazar** · August 11th, 2005

If you format your hard drive, it should get rid of everything for you

**Mastershakes** · August 11th, 2005

Nuking Content.ie5

Bring up a command prompt. (Start, Run, cmd [Enter])
Navigate to the following directory (cd documents and settings....)
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\

%username% being your username (sub it in)

Bring up Task Manager, go to processes tab. End Explorer.exe
Now use ALT+TAB to cycle back to your command prompt.

type in rd /s /q content.ie5
exit the command prompt
ALT+TAB to task manager - click on new task, and type in explorer.exe

Done. (not positive if History is stored in folder, but it nukes all the crap)

Personally, as suggested I now use CCleaner. So much more space.... so much.

Enjoy

LANDSER · August 12th, 2005

Remember to delete your cookies too. A few ways to do that, simplest is Internet Options > Delete Cookies. Otherwise whatever your trying to hide may still be easily found.

**tdinc** · August 12th, 2005

As Zombie mentioned, ccleaner should wipe all history, cookies, ect...
it should work without having to reboot. no other means are necessary, ccleaner does it all....

**Son Goku** · August 15th, 2005

Some peeps have given some rather basic means to elliminate browser history. If you want to be doubly certain you can try E3 (not to be confused with Evidence Elliminator). You can find that here

http://radsoft.net/resources/software/reviews/ee/e3/

E3 The Evidence Eliminator Eliminator is all that Evidence Eliminator is - all that is missing is Bubba, a maxed out Registry, destructive stealth files, non-existent support and the price. In contrast to E-E, E3 works - it can defeat both forensic software and hardware - and it comes with Radsoft's renowned support.

...E3 The Evidence Eliminator Eliminator will perform the following tasks for you.

Eliminate Evidence-Eliminator.
Eliminate all the Recycle Bins.
Eliminate all junk files (you specify which regular expressions to search for).
Eliminate the App Log.
Eliminate TEMP.
Eliminate Recent - both on disk and in the Registry.
Eliminate the Run MRU.
Eliminate the Find MRUs.
Eliminate the typed URLs.
Eliminate Autocomplete information.
Eliminate Temporary Internet Files - including index.dat.
Eliminate History - including index.dat.
Eliminate Cookies - including index.dat.
Eliminate Outlook's Deleted Items.dbx and Sent Items.dbx.
Eliminate the Media Player MRU.
Eliminate NC3 typed URLs.
Eliminate the NC cache.
Eliminate NC history (netscape.dat, netscape.hst).
Eliminate NC cookies (cookies.txt).
Eliminate NC's prefs.js and liprefs.js.
Eliminate NC SNM files.
Eliminate NC's email "Trash" folder.
Eliminate NC's email "Sent" folder.
Eliminate system Registry backups.

There's a whole list of programs it eliminates the junk left behind by as well. This is assuming it's your computer/hard drive and you have access to install software. If it's another computer you're using, the best bet would be to grab a Knoppix CD (if the previous mentioned methods of history removal aren't what you're looking for), and just boot up into Knoppix.

**Johnny** · August 15th, 2005

Originally Posted by Son Goku

If it's another computer you're using, the best bet would be to grab a Knoppix CD (if the previous mentioned methods of history removal aren't what you're looking for), and just boot up into Knoppix.

Or, you could use bartpe ..

**mlakrid** · August 16th, 2005

Originally Posted by Sazar

If you format your hard drive, it should get rid of everything for you

Hehe... someone might actually listen to you Sazar and then what?

**failurbydesign** · August 19th, 2005

too much porn?

controlhistory · August 18th, 2009

Hi,
My company has created a product that could solve this problem. Our software, ControlHistory allows you to selectively or completely delete your history. You can download it from ControlHistory.com. It supports
IE (ver. 6+)
Firefox (ver. 3+)
Chrome (ver. 1+)
Google Desktop Search
Many programs like MS Word, Excel, Acrobat Reader, WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc. that save their history in the Registry.

You can use the software for free to view your history but to be able to delete it you need a license. The cost of a license is USD 0.99 (99 cents).

**gonaads** · August 18th, 2009

Originally Posted by mlakrid

With regards to government standards there is no "standard" for erasing hard drives which have been used for storing classified information. They all have to be destroyed... what a waste...

Mike A!

Originally Posted by Sazar

If you format your hard drive, it should get rid of everything for you

Shotgun works better, 12 gauge buck shot, loads of fun.

Well, not if you wanted to reuse the HDD.

**American Zombie** · August 18th, 2009

Originally Posted by gonaads

Shotgun works better, 12 gauge buck shot, loads of fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0x6gkZmqcc

August 11th, 2005	Top \| #1
UltimaFury OSNN Junior Addict Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	How to completely delete internet history I go to internet options and delete internet history and then i exit IE. but one day i got back on and checked by history and saw (by clicking the history icon on the IE toolbar) that my history that was supposedly deleted earlier was not deleted. Am i doing something wrong? Thanks

August 11th, 2005	Top \| #2
Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	Re: How to completely delete internet history you have to select everything there to delete.. About the best I can say though is this. If you want to delete things when the browser closes, Maxthon does a good job of it. Or, you can get Crap Cleaner. It deletes all the internet stuff plus some. You can go to the site here: www.ccleaner.com or but clicking hte icon in my sig ... Paul Reed Smith.

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UltimaFury OSNN Junior Addict Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: How to completely delete internet history i did what you recommended and ran Ccleaner a few times and my internet history still shows up!! Any other suggestions?

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American Zombie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: June 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,864 Reputation: 2689 Power: 151	Re: How to completely delete internet history Did you reboot after running CCleaner? CCleaner marks the index.dat files for deletion on reboot.

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Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	Re: How to completely delete internet history did you select analyze, then select run cleaner ??? if you did it right. You should have got rid of everything .. Paul Reed Smith.

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ray_gillespie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,692 Reputation: 1420 Power: 155	Re: How to completely delete internet history I get this problem all the time at work, there is a way around it however! All you need to do, I think, is open up your history in IE. Right-click My Computer, and choose delete. Then close IE, run Ccleaner, and hopefully, the entire history will be clear. I have absolutely no idea why this happens, but since about 3 months ago I have had to do this to clear my history almost every time. If that doesn't work then I don't know.

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 162	Re: How to completely delete internet history Steganos Security Suite enables you to run the history cleaner plus many other cleaners such as temp files and recycle bin - either automatically when you close all IE browsers or when you click the one-touch shredder icon. To be safe, you can select different levels of shredding/overwriting with 0's and 1's to goverment standards. http://www.steganos.de/?language=en&layout=default Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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mlakrid OSNN BASSMASTER Joined: February 2005 Location: Land O Lakes, YES, JUST LIKE the CHEESE! Posts: 2,338 Reputation: 1410 Power: 126	Re: How to completely delete internet history With regards to government standards there is no "standard" for erasing hard drives which have been used for storing classified information. They all have to be destroyed... what a waste... Mike A! Quote: "Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity." R.I.P. the best comedian of our time; GEORGE CARLIN.

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UltimaFury OSNN Junior Addict Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: How to completely delete internet history it finally worked after running Ccleaner and rebooting. thanks everyone!

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Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	Re: How to completely delete internet history If you format your hard drive, it should get rid of everything for you Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

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Mastershakes OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,721 Reputation: 1040 Power: 124	Re: How to completely delete internet history Nuking Content.ie5 Bring up a command prompt. (Start, Run, cmd [Enter]) Navigate to the following directory (cd documents and settings....) C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\ %username% being your username (sub it in) Bring up Task Manager, go to processes tab. End Explorer.exe Now use ALT+TAB to cycle back to your command prompt. type in rd /s /q content.ie5 exit the command prompt ALT+TAB to task manager - click on new task, and type in explorer.exe Done. (not positive if History is stored in folder, but it nukes all the crap) Personally, as suggested I now use CCleaner. So much more space.... so much. Enjoy

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LANDSER Achtung soldat! Joined: August 2005 Posts: 13 Reputation: 10 Power: 83	Re: How to completely delete internet history Remember to delete your cookies too. A few ways to do that, simplest is Internet Options > Delete Cookies. Otherwise whatever your trying to hide may still be easily found.

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tdinc █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: December 2003 Location: Sterling Heights, MICHIGAN Posts: 3,507 Blog Entries: 19 Reputation: 2905 Power: 168	Re: How to completely delete internet history As Zombie mentioned, ccleaner should wipe all history, cookies, ect... it should work without having to reboot. no other means are necessary, ccleaner does it all....

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Son Goku No lover of dogma Joined: June 2004 Location: 439 East District, Mount Paozu Posts: 1,980 Reputation: 700 Power: 123	Re: How to completely delete internet history Some peeps have given some rather basic means to elliminate browser history. If you want to be doubly certain you can try E3 (not to be confused with Evidence Elliminator). You can find that here http://radsoft.net/resources/software/reviews/ee/e3/ E3 The Evidence Eliminator Eliminator is all that Evidence Eliminator is - all that is missing is Bubba, a maxed out Registry, destructive stealth files, non-existent support and the price. In contrast to E-E, E3 works - it can defeat both forensic software and hardware - and it comes with Radsoft's renowned support. ...E3 The Evidence Eliminator Eliminator will perform the following tasks for you. Eliminate Evidence-Eliminator. Eliminate all the Recycle Bins. Eliminate all junk files (you specify which regular expressions to search for). Eliminate the App Log. Eliminate TEMP. Eliminate Recent - both on disk and in the Registry. Eliminate the Run MRU. Eliminate the Find MRUs. Eliminate the typed URLs. Eliminate Autocomplete information. Eliminate Temporary Internet Files - including index.dat. Eliminate History - including index.dat. Eliminate Cookies - including index.dat. Eliminate Outlook's Deleted Items.dbx and Sent Items.dbx. Eliminate the Media Player MRU. Eliminate NC3 typed URLs. Eliminate the NC cache. Eliminate NC history (netscape.dat, netscape.hst). Eliminate NC cookies (cookies.txt). Eliminate NC's prefs.js and liprefs.js. Eliminate NC SNM files. Eliminate NC's email "Trash" folder. Eliminate NC's email "Sent" folder. Eliminate system Registry backups. There's a whole list of programs it eliminates the junk left behind by as well. This is assuming it's your computer/hard drive and you have access to install software. If it's another computer you're using, the best bet would be to grab a Knoppix CD (if the previous mentioned methods of history removal aren't what you're looking for), and just boot up into Knoppix.

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Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	Re: How to completely delete internet history Originally Posted by Son Goku If it's another computer you're using, the best bet would be to grab a Knoppix CD (if the previous mentioned methods of history removal aren't what you're looking for), and just boot up into Knoppix. Or, you could use bartpe .. Paul Reed Smith.

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American Zombie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: June 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,864 Reputation: 2689 Power: 151	Re: How to completely delete internet history Originally Posted by gonaads Shotgun works better, 12 gauge buck shot, loads of fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0x6gkZmqcc