hi,
i have cleared the internet explorer history many times, however when i click on that history button top middle of the page, the sites are still listed, how do i remove them completely?! in my internet options, it is instructed that my history should be kept for 0 days. how can i permanently remove history of sites from my comp?

Been looking at stuff you shouldn't eh? Been caught looking at porn? :shocked:

You may have to reboot before your history is cleared :)

you could use a browser like opera that doesnt keep a history and is much more secure. or i would have thought that deletin the whole lot and then removin them from the recycle bin would work

ha, no not porn, i just want rid of the sites. how do i reboot my comp?
:confused:

and about the recycle bin, when i click on it, its empty?

Rebooting is just restarting your computer indie :wink:

haha, how thick am i? cheers :)

Originally posted by indie_sheff
ha, no not porn, i just want rid of the sites


What are they then? :heyhey:

Originally posted by IanMitchell
What are they then? :heyhey:

Warez? (Illegal software downloads)

i use CCleaner to clear all my temp files etc.

then clear the cache from internet options and set the cache to 1mb, also delete all cookies and all offline content.

Opera is way better than IE for a multude of reasons.. But Opera does retain your history, unless you don't want it to but you can very simply delete any history if you do - hope that makes sense

Try Webroot's Window Washer, it's amazing how much crap you can clean up off your system and as a bonus for original poster it should delete IE history and cache. Cleared over 2gig of detritus off mine first time I used it. Amazing how permenant temp files can be.
If you are that paranoid I believe it also 'Bleaches' folders, recycle bin...etc. Don't know effective it is as I always want to be able to recover deleted info, just in case. Deleted files and info can be recovered surprisngly easily even if you format disc.

Other wise Menu Tools/Internet Options and delete temp files in General Tab of Dialogue box. If you are ever testing web pages in IE you may need to flush this out if alterations don't show in browser. Very tedious having to do all the time. Yet another reason to use Opera.