Delete internet history in Windows 7

This is why you should occasionally reset your internet history

• Regularly deleting your internet history is especially recommended for security reasons. This way, anyone who uses your computer can see what they've been doing in the last few weeks and months.
• If, in addition to the pure browser history, you also empty the entire cache, a relatively large amount of storage space may be freed up. This can be worthwhile, especially with old computers with a small hard drive.

How to clear Mozilla browsing history

As a rule, it makes the most sense to delete the internet history in the browser itself and not through the Windows 7 operating system. It doesn't matter whether you use Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, deleting is very easy. Here's how Mozilla works:

1. Open the browser and click the orange box in the upper left corner of the browser window. A two-column menu opens. The right column shows the menu item "timeline" on.
2. Move the mouse over this entry and a new menu will open containing the entry "Delete recent history".


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3. Click on this and confirm in the window that opens that you want to delete the history.

Proceed as follows for Internet Explorer

With Internet Explorer it is also very easy to delete the history.

1. Open the browser. There is a menu item called "Security" in the upper right corner of the command line.
2. Click on it. A menu opens with the entry "Delete browsing history".
3. Click on this point and confirm your deletion.

How to clear history on Windows 7

You can also open Internet history directly from Windows 7. Here, however, the path cannot be followed quite as intuitively.

1. Open the Control Panel by clicking on the Windows symbol at the bottom left of the screen and clicking on the corresponding entry in the right column of the menu that now opens.
2. In the window that now appears, select the icon labeled "Internet Options". A window with several tabs now opens.
3. Click on the tab labeled "General". Here, too, you will now see the "Delete browsing history" command.
4. You have to click and confirm this.