How to clear your browsers history (the list of sites you’ve visited)
July 3rd, 2006 by Ross McKillop |
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To learn how to clear (delete) the history of previously viewed or visited web sites, select your web browser below -
Internet Explorer 6 (Windows)
Internet Explorer 7 (Windows)
Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 (Windows and Mac)
Safari 2.x (Mac)
Camino 1.x (Mac)
Opera 9.x (Windows)
- To clear the History in Internet Explorer, select Tools from the top IE menu and then Internet Options… from the drop-down list
- On the General tab, click the Clear History button
- Select Yes when prompted
- That’s it! Your history is now clear.

- Start by clicking Tools and then select Clear Browsing History…
- Click the Delete history… button
- Click Yes
- Watch the pretty window…
- Click Close to return to IE.



Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 (Windows and Mac)
- The easiest way to clear the History in Firefox is to select Tools from the top menu and then Clear Private Data… from the drop-down list
- Make sure that Browsing History is selected (the rest you can select at your own discretion) and click Clear Private Data Now. Note: the screenshot below is from Firefox 1.5. The Clear Private Data window is slightly different in Firefox 2.0, but not much.
- That’s it! Your history is now clear.
- Safari could not have made it easier (or faster) to clear your browsing history. To do so, select History from the top menu, and Clear History from the drop-down list
- That’s it! Your history is now clear.
- Similar to Safari, Camino has made it very easy to clear your browsing history. To do so, select Go from the top menu, and then Clear History from the drop-down list
- Click Clear History when prompted
- That’s it! Your history is now clear.
- The fastest way to clear the History in Opera is to select Tools from the top menu, and then Delete private data… from the drop-down list
- Make sure that the 4 Clear History entries are selected. They others you may choose to select at your own discretion. When you’re done, click Delete
- That’s it! Your history is now clear.




























2 Responses to “How to clear your browsers history (the list of sites you’ve visited)”
By fc on Apr 2, 2007 | Reply
What the hell is a “Firefox” and a “Safari”??
By Brendan Smoker on May 13, 2007 | Reply
This website is so awesome. i needed to know how to clearly and your directions were so easy to follow. Thanks alot.