Microsoft KB Archive/173698

= How to Clear History Items or Prevent History Creation =

Article ID: 173698

Article Last Modified on 5/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q173698



SUMMARY
This article describes two ways to manage history information:


 * How to clear history items
 * How to prevent history creation



How to Clear History Items
To clear history items, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Go menu, click Open History.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 3) Drag the item(s) to the Trash.
 * 4) Close the History window.

Note that history is stored in the following file, which you can move or delete:

System Folder:Preferences:Explorer:History.html

How to Prevent History Creation
To prevent history creation, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Edit menu, click Preferences.
 * 2) Under Web Browser, click Advanced.
 * 3) In the "Remember the last places visited" box, type 0 (zero). The default value is 500. Setting the value to 0 clears the existing history and prevents additional history from being created.
 * 4) Click OK.

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