How to Clear History Items or Prevent History Creation

ID: Q173698

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SUMMARY

This article describes two ways to manage history information:

To clear history items, follow these steps:

1. On the Go menu, click Open History.

2. On the Edit menu, click Select All.

3. Drag the item(s) to the Trash.

4. Close the History window.

Note that history is stored in the following file, which you can move or delete:

   System Folder:Preferences:Explorer:History.html

To prevent history creation, follow these steps:

1. On the Edit menu, click Preferences.

2. Under Web Browser, click Advanced.

3. In the "Remember the last <nnn> places visited" box, type 0 (zero).

   The default value is 500. Setting the value to 0 clears the existing
   history and prevents additional history from being created.

4. Click OK.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : msiemac 
Version           : MACINTOSH:3.01a
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: September 12, 1997