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Question

how to find websites

Nov 6, 2014 9:05AM PST

I would like to find and delete all websites visited since the beginning of time on my pc which uses windows 8.1 and downloaded using google chrome. Anyone ideas?

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Yes this is an easy thing to do
Nov 6, 2014 11:16PM PST

Click on the 3 bars on the right side of chrome (setting). Go down to history and click then click browsing history. The screen will pop up giving you how far back you want to remove. CClearer is a free program that will do this also. Basically what you are removing is called browser cache. What it copies data from websites to you local PC. It does this because the speed you computer connects to the internet is slower then you local processor so it copies the data to your cache so the next time you go to the website it loads faster.

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Re: cache
Nov 6, 2014 11:28PM PST

There's a difference between the history (the links you visited) and the cache (the contents of links you visited).
The cache is cleared (in a first-in-first-out when it's full). So normally it only contains very recent data, while the history can go back months.

Kees

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do a cleanup
Nov 7, 2014 9:11AM PST

as someone previously stated, using ccleaner will help get rid of your history in chrome and other temporary files on your computer.

see the following if you just want to get rid of chrome history
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95537?hl=en


Click the Chrome menu Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
Select Tools.
Select Clear browsing data.
In the dialog that appears, select the "Clear browsing history" checkbox.
Use the menu at the top to select the amount of data you want to delete. Select beginning of time to clear your entire browsing history.
Click Clear browsing data.