Clear History
What history tracks are stored on your PC
Browser History - browser stores a list of every web site you've ever visited. Browser history is easily accessible from your browse and anyone can see where you have been while surfing the Internet
Search History - autocomplete feature stores a list of everything you type in a web page (your name, email, your credit card information, address, passwords). And anyone who starts filling web form or typing in search box will get drop-down list of information you enetered.
Browser Cache - browser cache is a place to store data from web pages you visited. Cache files are stored on your hard drive. By simply opening cache files anyone can see where you've been online, what movies watched and more...
Cookies - cookies are files that web sites write and store on your computer. Every time you visit a certain website, it will look for its cookie on your hard drive. It uses the information stored within the cookie to know your name, your shopping preferences and other information about you. So cookies can be a problem for your privacy as anyone who looks at this folder can see where you've been.
Locked index.dat files - index.dat files contain records of your online activities - Internet history, cache and cookies.
Windows Temporary files - Windows temporary directory stores Windows and other programs temporary files. This directory can become cluttered and contain files from programs you no longer have installed or files which may violate your privacy.
Recent documents list - Windows stores a list of documents and files you have recently opened and worked with. Anyone who has access to your computer can see this list and directly link to any of the items that you've opened.
Recently run programs list - Windows stores a list of programs you have run using the Run option in the Start Menu. And anyone who has access to your computer can see the list of programs that you've run.
Windows Search "Files & Folders" History - After you have searched for an item using Windows Explorer, Windows will automatically keep a record of the search. And this search history will be visible to anyone who begins a new search.
Open programs history (Windows Explorer UserAssist Data) - every time you open a file, picture or folder using Windows Explorer, Windows records it in the registry. And whoever finds it will be able to see every document, file, etc that you've opened.
Pagefile - space on the hard disk used as the virtual memory extension of computer RAM. While working on PC, you use different programs - so page file (swap file) may contain sensitive or confidential information, some applications may store "clear" passwords. To protect your privacy you may want to clear swap file (page file) so nobody could see your data in the swap file.
Why you should clear history
History files, cache files and cookies files store lots of information about your computer activity: information about visited websites, your purchase history, what images you seen, files you downloaded. And any person who has access to your computer can use these files to get full information your PC activities.
Some history tracks can't be deleted manually without special software as they are stored in different system areas, not always visible by standard means and can not be deleted manually. If you want to clear history tracks manually this routine work would take too much time. Furthermore to protect your privacy your should delete history tracks every time you use your PC.
Furthermore some history files e.g. index files that store your Internet history, Internet cache and cookies can't be deleted manually...
Clear All History provides an easy way to protect your Internet privacy. Clear All History will clear Internet history, search history, cache, cookies, index files, stored passwords. It will also get rid of other sensitive files like recent documents, recent used programs, etc. And furthermore Clear All History will do it automatically. It can be set to clear out all your private documents every time you start/exit your PC or after set period of time. This means that even if you are in a hurry, you don't have to worry about what you are leaving behind.
Do you want your boss, spouse, kids or colleagues see what you have been doing on your PC?
Clear All History is a powerful clear history software that provides an easy way to automatically erase multiple parts of history.
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