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Clearing your history in IE |
Clearing your history in Netscape |
Clearing your history in AOL |
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Safe surfing
If you are worried about someone at home finding out what websites you have been visiting then the safest way to find information is to do it in a local library, at work or an Internet café.
Below are instructions on how to clear your history and temp files which may contain information about pages you have visited if you do use the internet at home.
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Internet Explorer
- Select the tools menu at the top of the browser window
- Select Internet Options
- In 'Temporary Internet Files' in the general tab, click on 'Delete Files'
- Click 'Clear History'
- Click OK, at the bottom.
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Netscape
- Pull down the 'Edit' menu
- Select 'Preferences' from the drop down menu
- Click on 'Navigator' (this may be a tab at the top or an option in a list on the left)
- Click on the 'Clear History' button
- Click on 'Advanced' (this may be a tab or an option in a list on the left. If it's in a list, please click on the + sign)
- Select 'Cache'. Click on 'Clear Disk Cache'
- On older versions of Netscape: Pull down the 'Options' menu
- Select 'Network Options', Select 'Cache'. Click on 'Clear Disk Cache'.
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AOL
Take the following steps to clear AOL's browser cache:
- Go to 'Start' - 'Programs' - 'AOL' - 'AOL System Information'
- Click the 'Utilities' tab at the top of the window
- Click the 'Clear Browser Cache' button
- Close the AOL System Information window
Or if 'AOL System Information' is not listed in the 'Programs' menu:
- Sign on to AOL as normal
- Go to AOL Keyword: 'Preferences'
- Click 'Internet Properties (WWW)' - This will open the 'Internet Options' window
- Click 'Delete Files'… and then click OK to delete your temporary Internet files
- Now click OK to close the 'Internet Options' window.
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