# Quick Internet Explorer question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-internet-explorer-question/378722>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-internet-explorer-question/378722 "2006-11-01T13:39:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-internet-explorer-question/378722/1 "2006-11-01T13:39:28Z")

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Couldn’t find the answer on the computer thread so I’ll try here. I think this should be easy.

How can you erase all of the sites visited on your computer. I know you can go to Tools, then Internet Options, and erase the recent stuff. But if you type in the first letter of a site in the address bar it seems like everything ever visited comes up below. How do I get rid of those?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-internet-explorer-question/378722/2 "2006-11-01T14:03:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Plan B]  
Couldn’t find the answer on the computer thread so I’ll try here. I think this should be easy.

How can you erase all of the sites visited on your computer. I know you can go to Tools, then Internet Options, and erase the recent stuff. But if you type in the first letter of a site in the address bar it seems like everything ever visited comes up below. How do I get rid of those?

Thanks.  
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On the general tab in the internet options, click on Clear History.

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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-internet-explorer-question/378722/3 "2006-11-01T14:13:54Z")

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[QUOTE=Joey P]  
On the general tab in the internet options, click on Clear History.  
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Thanks. I had tried that and thought it didn’t work because stuff was still coming up. I just tried it again and realized that the only things left were Favorites and other things on my computer like Documents. So it was a success. Thasnks again.