Reply to: Selectively clearing IE history

[SallyAnne]

I know - I was trying to get to Google yesterday, and mistyped it as "youporn" instead! How embarrassing!

[NickFitz]

I know - I was trying to get to Google yesterday, and mistyped it as "youporn" instead! How embarrassing!

Well, the keys are right next to each other. Easy mistake to make.

[cojak]

Because even if you use the delete history option built in IE doesnt actually get rid of everything, just the reference to it. The data is still there if you know where to look.

Assuming that the OP has done something sufficiently incriminating that just deleteing the history won't work, or would look too obvious, you need a tool to do it.

ccleaner does the trick for me...

[TheFaQQer]

I'd like to do this to get rid of the miss-typed ones.

It really ****ing annoys me that when I miss-type a url, the next time I try to go to the same site I get auto prompted with my previous miss-typing.

(Yes I know, if I have nothing else to worry about then I need a life!)

tim

I know - I was trying to get to Google yesterday, and mistyped it as "youporn" instead! How embarrassing!

[tim123]

You mean the references to youp*rn.com?

I'd like to do this to get rid of the miss-typed ones.

It really ****ing annoys me that when I miss-type a url, the next time I try to go to the same site I get auto prompted with my previous miss-typing.

(Yes I know, if I have nothing else to worry about then I need a life!)

tim

[lilelvis2000]

Why not hire me and cover my expenses and I'll show ya how its done?

[daviejones]

Indeed, but the OP asked for an answer to a problem so I gave one. Whether it does anything about solving other problems is open to discussion

You did, I agree...and a fine answer it was...I was trying to over simplify it..

[DaveB]

So, on that basis, you could delete it all and that would have the same effect as just deleting the references to Jobserve...

Indeed, but the OP asked for an answer to a problem so I gave one. Whether it does anything about solving other problems is open to discussion

[daviejones]

True, but if personal web browsing in office hours is a no-no then it could be enough to get him into hot water, for example.

And yes, it probably is captured on a server somewhere if they are using any kind of web filtering service and there is not much that you can do about that, well not legally anyway.

So, on that basis, you could delete it all and that would have the same effect as just deleting the references to Jobserve...

[DaveB]

We are talking Jobserve references...hardly cracking the Whitehouse though.

True, but if personal web browsing in office hours is a no-no then it could be enough to get him into hot water, for example.

And yes, it probably is captured on a server somewhere if they are using any kind of web filtering service and there is not much that you can do about that, well not legally anyway.

[Muttley08]

Surely if this is any sizable business, it's going to be logged on some server anyway?? I wouldn't worry - only known one place I've worked that actually checked - and it was a sweatshop data conversion place.

[daviejones]

We are talking Jobserve references...hardly cracking the Whitehouse though.

[DaveB]

Sorry if it is dumb question, but why not delete all and save the ones you want as favourites?

Because even if you use the delete history option built in IE doesnt actually get rid of everything, just the reference to it. The data is still there if you know where to look.

Assuming that the OP has done something sufficiently incriminating that just deleteing the history won't work, or would look too obvious, you need a tool to do it.

[daviejones]

Sorry if it is dumb question, but why not delete all and save the ones you want as favourites?

[DaveB]

On IE6 is it possible to selectively delete history in the address window? I know all the history can be deleted. But is it possible just to delete a couple of the addresses?

You can't do it directly, it all gets stored in the history.dat file and the registry in propriatry format as per the usual MS way. There are tools that will let you do it. Give this one a try since it's free. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iehv.html