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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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Completely clean Internet and computer history
Your browser, Windows and different applications you use keep tracks of your computer and Internet activity in order to provide a more pleasant computer and surfing experience. But these history tracks can compromise your privacy and provide a way for others to view what you have been doing, searching, downloading, running, viewing, etc.
Protect your privacy and improve computer performance!
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| › clean browsing history |
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| › clean search history |
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| › clean form AutoComplete |
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| › clean Address bar history |
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| › clean download history |
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| › delete Temporary Internet Files (cache) |
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| › delete saved passwords |
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| › delete cookies |
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› delete index.dat files
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| › clean Recent Documents and Items |
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| › clean Clipboard |
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| › delete Windows Temporary Files |
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| › clean Page file (swap file) |
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| › clean Recently run programs list |
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| › clean Windows Search history |
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| › clean 'Start Menu' open programs history |
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| › clean Recent open/save files list |
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› empty Recycle Bin
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| › clean Most Recently Used list in MS Office |
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| › clean Windows Media Player history |
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| › clean Toolbar search history |
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| › clean Google Desktop history |
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| › clean Skype chat and call history |
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| › Shredder option |
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| › Advanced scheduler |
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| › Invisible mode |
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› Supports different browsers
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Clear All History supports Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer, AOL Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape and Maxthon.
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- What is index.dat file?
- Why you should clean index.dat file
- How to clean index file
- Index.dat files location
- Why can't I find index.dat files? How to view index.dat file
- History index.dat file
- Cache index.dat file
- Cookies index.dat file
- How to clean index.dat files manually
What is index.dat file?
Internet history is more than just a list of visited web sites. Computer stores multiple records of your Internet history that can't be easily deleted. There are three index.dat files used by Internet Explorer - history index.dat file, cookies index.dat file, cache index.dat file. Index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer to store Internet history, cache, cookies and other information about your Internet activity.
Although index.dat files are useful, they can compromise your privacy as any person who has some knowledge about index.dat files and has access to your computer can see the history of your Internet activities. Index.dat files are system files and they can't be deleted manually as they are used by Windows all the time (index.dat files are locked by Windows). Their content is not deleted even if you clean browser history, cache and cookies. So to clean index.dat file content you need special software.
Using Clear All History you can easily clean the content of index.dat file, cookies index.dat file, cache index.dat file. ClearAlHIstory doesn't have any special feature for cleaning index.dat files content - all clean options for Internet Explorer ("clean browser history", "clean cache", "clean cookies") are combined with cleaning of the corresponding index.dat file. Using Clear All History scheduler you can set the program to clean index.dat files content automatically on program start/exit.
Why you should clean index.dat file
There are three index.dat files used by Internet Explorer (history index.dat file, cookies index.dat file, cache index.dat file). Index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer to store Internet history, cache, cookies and other information about your Internet activity. Although index.dat files are useful, they can compromise your privacy as any person who has some knowledge about index.dat files and has access to your computer can see the history of your Internet activities. Index.dat files are system files and they can't be deleted manually as they are used by Windows all the time (index.dat files are locked by Windows). Their content is not deleted even if you clean browser history, cache and cookies.
Index.dat files can grow large and thus slow down the computer.
How to clean index file
Index.dat files are system files that can't be deleted manually because Windows locks them. Index.dat files content is not deleted even if you delete browser history, cache and cookies. So to delete index.dat file content you need special software. ClearAllHistory lets you easily clean index.dat file content.
Index.dat files location
There are three index.dat files used by Internet Explorer (history index.dat file, cookies index.dat file, cache index.dat file). Location of index.dat files depends on the version of Windows.
Note: Index.dat files are hidden by default. To make index.dat files visible, you should enable Explorer to view hidden and system files.
Index.dat files location - Windows 95/98/Me:
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\Cookies\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\History.IE5\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\History.IE5\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\UserData\index.dat
If you don't have Profiles directory:
C:\Windows\Cookies\index.dat
C:\Windows\History\index.dat
C:\Windows\History\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
C:\Windows\History\History.IE5\index.dat
C:\Windows\History\History.IE5\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
C:\Windows\UserData\index.dat
Note: on your computer Windows may be installed on another drive, in another directory.
Index.dat files location - Windows 2000/XP:
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Cookies\index.dat
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
Why can't I find index.dat files? How to view index.dat file
Index.dat files are hidden by default. To make index.dat files visible, you should enable Explorer to view hidden and system files:
1. Select Start -> Settings -> Control panel.
2. Select Folder Options.
3. In the "Folder Options" window open "View" folder.
4. In Advanced Settings open "Files and Folders" and
Select "Display the content of system folders"
Open "Hidden files and folders" and select "Show hidden files and folders"
5. Click OK
History index.dat file
History index.dat includes URL entries used for AutoComplete and for controlling the highlighting of imbedded links on web pages. Every time you visit a web page, Internet Explorer inserts an entry in the history index.dat file
History index.dat file location - Windows 95/98/Me:
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\History.IE5\index.dat
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\History\History.IE5\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
If you don't have Profiles directory:
C:\Windows\History\index.dat
C:\Windows\History\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
C:\Windows\History\History.IE5\index.dat
C:\Windows\History\History.IE5\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
Note: on your computer Windows may be installed on another drive, in another directory.
History index.dat files location - Windows 2000/XP:
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist[digits]\index.dat
Cache index.dat file
Cache index.dat file contains URLs with date/time stamps and pointers to cache files.
The location of cache index.dat file - Windows 95/98/Me:
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
If you don't have Profiles directory:
C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
Note: on your computer Windows may be installed on another drive, in another directory.
Index.dat files location - Windows 2000/XP:
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
Cookies index.dat file
Cookies index.dat file contains URLs with date/time stamps and pointers to cookie files. Every time a web site places a cookie on your PC, Internet Explorer inserts an entry in the cookies index.dat file that associates a web page with a cookie file.
Cookies index.dat file location - Windows 95/98/Me:
C:\Windows\Profiles\[username]\Cookies\index.dat
If you don't have Profiles directory:
C:\Windows\Cookies\index.dat
Note: on your computer Windows may be installed on another drive, in another directory.
Cookies index.dat files location - Windows 2000/XP:
\Documents and Settings\[username]\Cookies\index.dat
How to clean index.dat files manually
Fow Windows NT/2000/XP/2003:
As index.dat file is used by Windows all time, to remove index.dat file manually, you should log in by another user with administrator privileges. If you don't have another account with administrator privileges, create a new one.
To create a new account:
1. Select Start -> Settings -> Control panel.
2. Select User Accounts.
3. Select "Create a new account" and enter necessary information.
Clean index.dat file | View Index.dat file Internet Explorer | Cleaning index.dat file IE
History Index.dat location | Cookies index.dat file cleaner | Cache index.dat file cleaner
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