# Disabling history in IE?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 18, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100 "2006-04-18T01:02:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100/1 "2006-04-18T01:02:38Z")

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No, I’m not hiding anything from my wife. Other than a few links I follow from your posts. 😛 It’s just easier not having to feel like explaining them.

That and the porn sites.

So is there a way to just disable the history option? Or am I stuck with going through each one and individually deleting them?

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100/2 "2006-04-18T01:05:47Z")

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> [@duffer](#):
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> No, I’m not hiding anything from my wife. Other than a few links I follow from your posts. 😛 It’s just easier not having to feel like explaining them.
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> That and the porn sites.
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> So is there a way to just disable the history option? Or am I stuck with going through each one and individually deleting them?

Tools \> Internet Options \> General

History: Days to keep pages in history (slide this value to “0”)

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**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100/3 "2006-04-18T02:24:29Z")

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How in the hell did I miss something that simple? :smack:

Thanks for the answer.

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**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100/4 "2006-04-18T05:27:51Z")

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Setting the days to 0 is good, but not perfect. It will still track the history for the current day, erasing it every night at midnight.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100/5 "2006-04-18T05:31:05Z")

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> [@duffer](#):
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> How in the hell did I miss something that simple? :smack:
> 
> Thanks for the answer.

tools -----\> internet options ----\> clear history

I personally would consider a blank history to be more suspicious than one with a few porn sites.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-history-in-ie/353100/6 "2006-04-18T05:38:15Z")

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I think the question is, why does your wife mistrust you enough to be looking at your history, and why would she judge you for it?