How to delete Temporary files, Cookies and Clear the Internet History?

Over time,you will visit alot of websites..Most of these sites has what are called “cookies”.These are little embedded packages of data(files), that the sites you have visited leave on your computer to track your browsing habits. After awhile,these files need to be purged,deleted from your computer.

Other files that need to be purged at least once a week, are your temporary internet files and your history files. Cleaning Temporary Internet Files is always a good practice. Failing to do this will really slow down your computer to a crawl and possibly cause a system crash,meaning you will have to re-install your operating system.

If you are using Internet Explorer as the default browser, deleting Temporary Internet Files will save disk space and you can always see the updated webpage that you are browsing. Internet explorer can automatically do this for you if you want it to, follow this section describes how to delete Temporary files, Cookies and Clear the Internet History...

For Internet Explorer 5 and above, you can follow these directions to clear out temporary files and delete cookies.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools
2. Click on Internet Options
3. On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete Files
4. You may also want to check the box "Delete all offline content"
5. Click on OK and wait for the hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files
6. You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.

 To clear the Internet History in IE:

1. Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools
2. Click on Internet Options
3. On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Clear History
4. Click OK

To clean up other temporary files on your computer in Windows:

1. Click Start, Programs (or All Programs), Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup
2. Choose the correct drive usually C:\
3. Check the boxes in the list and delete the files