Deleting Browsing History

Browsers store many traces of the sites users visit, including cached copies of pages and images, passwords, and cookies. If a user is accessing confidential information or authenticated Web sites from a shared computer, the user might be able to use the stored copies of the Web site to access private data. To simplify removing these traces, Internet Explorer 7 provides a Delete Browsing History option that allows users to initiate cleanup with one button, easily and instantly erasing personal data.

To delete your browsing history, follow these steps:

1. In your browser, open the Tools menu and select Internet Options.
2. In the Internet Options dialog box on the General tab, click Delete in the Browsing History group.
3. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box select only the objects you need to remove.

If you don't want users to be able to delete their browsing history, form data, or passwords, you can enable the Group Policy settings located in both Computer Configuration \Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Delete Browsing History and User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer \Delete Browsing History.