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Commands to flush IE history

For IE7 and IE8, there are commands you can run at the command line (the DOS prompt) to flush your browser history information. You can use these commands to set up jobs that run on a regular basis to clean up your browsing information. The commands are:

Delete your browsing history...
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

Delete your cookies...
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

Delete your temporary internet files...
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Delete your saved form data...
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

Delete saved passwords...
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

Delete all data...
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255
Rating: 100% positive, 1 Vote
Categories: IE7 IE8 command line
Added: on Aug 13, 2008 at 10:20 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: command delete ie7 ie8 line

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