# Why does this happen?(Computers)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [July 13, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458 "2000-07-13T18:09:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@spluurtaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spluurtaf)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/1 "2000-07-13T18:09:00Z")
On my address bar, when I type in lets say [http://www.e](http://www.e), excite lights up. This is probably some kind of cookie stored on my system, but I delete my cookies turn them all off and delete the temporary internet files, restart the computer and it still shows up. I don’t have any of them bookmarked either.
How do I get rid of these, I have tons of them showing up and I want to go back to a site without typing the whole thing and not having to scroll through all of them and not have to bookmark them.
Why does this happen, and how do I get rid of them?
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### Author:  [@MinkMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkMan)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/2 "2000-07-13T18:14:32Z")
In Internet Explorer, Tools\>Internet Options\>General tab\>Clear History
That should work for IE5, other browsers/versions should be similar.
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### Author:  [@spluurtaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spluurtaf)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/3 "2000-07-13T18:17:28Z")
They still come back, I downloaded the internet explorer because they made me very angry and that took care of it for 3 days!
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### Author:  [@spluurtaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spluurtaf)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/4 "2000-07-13T18:19:29Z")
just to see if they would pop up in a few days
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/5 "2000-07-13T18:28:42Z")
That’s the autocomplete, not the history.
Go to Tools \> Internet Options \> Content \> Autocomplete
Click on “Clear forms” to stop it, and uncheck the various options if you don’t want it to happen again.
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### Author:  [@ATTGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ATTGuy)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/6 "2000-07-13T18:32:07Z")
How about Tools -\> Internet Options -\> General -\> Delete Files, and when the dialogue box pops up, be sure to check the “Delete all offline content” box.
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### Author:  [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/7 "2000-07-13T18:58:28Z")
For Internet Explorer 5.0, the option is under
Tools\>Internet Options\>Advanced\>Use Inline Autocomplete for web addresses.
That ought to keep the wife from knowing about all the porn sites you visit. 🙂
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### Author:  [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/8 "2000-07-13T23:25:58Z")
Plus, you can drop that http:// as its not necessary. Also www is also often not necessary. Thus, this becomes:
[straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) type that in, it works
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### Author:  [@Wood\_Thrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wood_Thrush)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/9 "2000-07-13T23:33:35Z")
How about Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition?
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### Author:  [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-happen-computers/25458/10 "2000-07-15T02:20:19Z")
Or you can just stop going to those embarassing rodent sex pages that you don’t want to pop up when your mom uses the computer.