Clearing Browser History - Comments Page 1

Finally, something I can actually use! Most of the info you've given over the years has been great-but sometimes it's so detailed I have to either delete it or stick it in some folder I never open just in case I might need it! This format and info is simple to read and use; is compact enough that it doesn't take up pages and pages and puts the important info we all need close to the top so we don't have to scroll all the way down the page(s) to find the section or article or instructions!
Sincerely,
Patti

Crap Cleaner is very effective and it is free.

Cookies are useful in allowing one to enter limited sites. eg tudogs.com One must subscribe to the newletter in order to enter the web site.
Cookies do leave a trail. I use Karens cookie viewer
a free prg that allows me to look at all of the cookies on my computer and delete those I donot wish to keep track of.

IE Privacy Keeper is free and removes almost everything. I use it first. Then I use RegScrubXP, which is also free and gets things that IE Privacy Keeper misses. Then I run DustBuster which cleans more redundant files from the registry that the others missed. And it is free. Next I run Traces Viewer which removes any and all traces and "crumbs" the others might have missed. It is also free. And finally, I run the free version of X-Cleaner which looks for spyware, adware, trojans and viruses. It sounds like a lot, but it does not take that long to run each program. And they are free. Just do a google search for the name and it will show you where to download them for free. -Olen

I like the easier, softer, cheaper way. Run "Delete Temporary Files", "MRU Blaster", and "CCleaner" (Even cleans Opera.) All three are freeware, fast downloads, and can be found in Google. Try them; they are so much easier. You may never poke around in your browsers again. I don't.

The latest Avant browser contains all the tools and options you need to make cleanup a very easy, automatic process without all the extra gyrations.

Your advice on clearing browser history does not seem to apply to Macs (OS X anyway). When you pull down from Tools you do not get Options for one thing. The only way I've found to clear your browser history on Firefox on a Mac, is to go to Preferences>Privacy and hit Clear on Saved Form Information. You can check that by clicking on the empty bar on Google and if no pulldown list appears, it's cleared.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Arrgh... why can't the software developers make things work the same (at LEAST from the user interface perspective) on various platforms?

Looks like we have a lot of paranoid surfers. All have listed many great ways to hide your tracks while surfing the Web, but here is the easiest way I know. Boot up and surf with a Linux Live CD! What could be easier, nothing to delete and nothing to install, plus no worry of virus or spyware.

Wow - Olen, what do you do that you have THAT MUCH to clean off? ;) I agree with BaJa - I love Avant Browser (an IE skin). You go to Tools > Clear Records > Clear All Records (in Avant) it clears away everything. =)

I am surprised that there has been no mention of Webroot's Window Washer. I have been using this program for years and will not be with out it.