Safe Web History

The Internet browser keeps a history of the websites you visit online. Deleting your browser history may be important to ensure your safety and privacy.

Please Note: These steps are not intended to represent all versions of all browsers. For full instructions, please refer to the Help section of your web browser or to the vendor's web site.

Internet Explorer

From the top of the browser window click on “TOOLS” (on older versions of Internet Explorer, click on “VIEW”).
Select “INTERNET OPTIONS”.
Click the “CLEAR HISTORY” button.
Click on “YES” when asked to confirm that you want to delete history.
Set “DAYS TO KEEP PAGES IN HISTORY” to –0– (zero).

From the “INTERNET OPTIONS” window, also click on the “DELETE FILES” button.
Check the “DELETE ALL OFFLINE CONTENT” box.
Press “OK” when asked to confirm deleting offline content.

Again, from the “INTERNET OPTIONS” window, select “ADVANCED”.
Uncheck “USE INLINE AUTO COMPLETE FOR WEB ADDRESSES”.
Uncheck “USE INLINE AUTO COMPLETE IN WINDOWS EXPLORER”.
Click on “APPLY” and “OK” to get out of the “INTERNET OPTIONS” window. (For Internet Explorer 5.5, from the “INTERNET OPTIONS” window, select the “CONTENT” tab. Click the “AUTO COMPLETE” button. Uncheck “USE AUTOCOMPLETE FOR WEB ADDRESS”. Then click “OK.”)

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Netscape Navigator

From the top of the browser window click on “EDIT”.
Select “PREFERENCES”.
Click on the “NAVIGATOR” category.
Click the “CLEAR HISTORY” button.
Set “PAGES IN HISTORY EXPIRE AFTER” to –0– (zero).

From the “PREFERENCES” window, also select “ADVANCED”.
Click on “CLEAR MEMORY CACHE”.
Click on “CLEAR DISK CACHE”.

Again, from “PREFERENCES” window, also click the “CLEAR LOCATION BAR” button.

Tools

For Windows systems using Internet Explorer, downloadable tools are available to perform these same tasks, perhaps more reliably. However, STAND! Against Domestic Violence makes no claim or warranty as to how effective these tools are, nor how they might affect the performance of your system. Visit the following web sites to download a safe web history tool for free: http://www.unhsolutions.net/IEPK/ or http://www.boutell.com/trackless/.

Other tools can be found that offer a limited trial period before you make a purchase. One site to search is http://www.freedownloadscenter.com, using the term “web history cleaner” or similar expressions.

Printer Queue

Make sure you know where your printed documents are and that you don’t leave behind any unfinished print jobs (this may happen, for example, if your printer runs out of paper or if you print multiple copies of a document by accident). In Windows, you can check your print queue by going to “START” >> “SETTINGS” >> “PRINTERS”. Next, double-click the printer icon; a queue of print jobs will be displayed. Delete any waiting jobs as necessary.

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