Deleting browser history and cookies in IE7
Internet Explorer 7 – why do we use it?
There are other ways to look at all the Internet has to offer: (Firefox, Opera etc.) without having to swear at IE7. However, IE is the browser that most people are used to, so despite the frustration of not being able to find anything and the fact that IE7 seems to assume all its users are morons, we keep using it.
Well, if you’re going to use it anyway, you may as well learn to control it. Part of having control is being able to delete your internet history; the cookies, the browser history – the stuff you don’t want your significant other, your mom or the geeks at Best Buy to find on your computer.
There are two ways to delete cookies (or your browser history):
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click Tools > Delete Browsing History…
- Choose one of the options and click the corresponding delete button.
This will delete ALL of whatever option you pick. You will not have the option to pick and choose. So, if you chose to delete cookies, all cookies would be deleted. Even the ones you wanted to keep.
Or, you can delete cookies this way:
- Click Tools > Internet Options
- On the General tab, under Browsing history, click Settings.
- In the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings, click View Files.
You can now choose the specific files, images and cookies you wish to delete.
If you want to delete things from your browser history, you can choose to delete everything through the Delete Browsing History… option (see the first set of instructions), or you can pick and choose:
- Open Internet Explorer 7.
- Click the inverted triangle
to the left of the address bar. - Click History.
You can now pick specific folders or pages to delete without being forced to delete everything.
Happy deleting!
3 comments
why would i do this? oh…i get it! if i’m checking out pictures of nekkid men or something and don’t want husban-dito to find out! hahahah. eww.
Eww is right, but I like the option of knowing how. I think I’ll probably switch over to Firefox because IE is pretty limited, but I might as well share how to stick it to IE when I can!
I’m a huge fan of Opera and Flock, its all the rage in the IT world! Safari isn’t bad…but it is so damn slow. Even on a brand new (I shit you not 40 minute old) macbook pro 2.4ghz and no it’s not because of the internet speed…which is obviously a gigabit network and university .edu internet connection…
In any case I prefer to use the obscure browsers for one simple reason, they are fun to play with. By the way, thanks for creating this. There are a shit load of people out there who have NO idea how to do this.
If your looking for a technical reason for deleting history/cashe/cookies/filled forms/etc., occasionally you download something stupid from one of those wonderful porn sites that is not a vicious virus merely a cookie fucking your reg up. Another reason would be you accepted a certificate to a wireless network you didn’t want to or vise versa. I actually recommend people clear these things once a month to keep performance at some level of consistency over time. Well that and it saves me a plethora of time from having to do it myself.
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