I Can't Delete My History on Internet Explorer 8.

stubbo · #1 20th Oct 2009, 09:38

I can't delete the browsing history that appears in the address bar on internet explorer 8. I go to Tools - Internet Options and then delete the history but it doesn't go. Any ideas?

**xactly** · #2 20th Oct 2009, 11:40

Open command prompt.
Copy and paste "RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1" without the quotes and hit enter.

stubbo · #3 20th Oct 2009, 12:06

I've put that in and pressed return and nothing seems to happen.

**xactly** · #4 20th Oct 2009, 12:32

Tools -> Internet -> Options -> Content -> AutoComplete -> Settings

Uncheck "Browsing History"

stubbo · #5 20th Oct 2009, 12:44

Yeh I can do that but I want to completely delete it.

**xactly** · #6 20th Oct 2009, 12:53

Try hitting CTRL + SHIFT + DEL and tick all the boxes.

stubbo · #7 20th Oct 2009, 14:51

Yeh I've tried that.

**xactly** · #8 21st Oct 2009, 09:04

Try CCleaner.

Be sure to uncheck (or leave unchecked): "Wipe Free Space" and "User Assist History".

stubbo · #9 21st Oct 2009, 10:53

How do I do that?

One thing I have noticed is that it deletes recently looked at sites but keeps showing sites that were looked at a while ago in the history. It always shows the same sites after I've tried to delete it.

**xactly** · #10 21st Oct 2009, 11:09

Go to:

Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Browsing History -> Settings
In the section marked "History" it should read "Days to keep pages in history" change it to the value of 0 and OK.

I personally prefer Mozilla Firefox out of all the browsers.