how to delete online history

sean, March 2011

After what the other have said, unless you spend some energy using the right tools in recovering deleted files that are NOT, or no longer, in the recicle bin, normaly, the deleted files can be considered gone for good.

Even with the right tools, there are great chance that any deleted file to be at least partialy overwriten, making them mostly useless.

It all depends for what reason you want to delete something.
For the casual user, deleted files out of the trash are totaly gone.

Electro, April 2011

mm's answer isn't completely correct.

Whereas it is true that when you delete something under MS Windows all that actually happens is some pointers in the Operating System are reset, leaving the actual data in place. However next time space is needed on the disk, that area will be overwritten by the OS and thus delete the original data by that overwriting.

This method of using the disk space is the reason that files get fragmented and so defraggers are needed.

There are also utilities available that will erase data from a disk by the use of multiple overwriting.

In the OP's case I agree that using CCleaner is the best method but to fully erase the data, one would need to follow it up by writing some large files to disk.

T, March 2011

I use Google Chrome (very fast) with Click&Clean extension (free) and CCleaner utility (free)

Click&Clean is an innovative and totally free solution for your PC
that will help you to:

- Scan your PC for Malware
- Delete your browsing history,
- Remove download history,
- Erase temporary files,
- Clear cookies and Empty cache,
- Delete client-side Web SQL Databases
- Remove Flash Cookies (LSOs)
- Protect your privacy by cleaning up all traces of your internet activity,
- Clean up your hard drives and Free up more disk space, icluding secure file deletion using external applications, like CCleaner or Wise Disk Cleaner.
- Watch flash videos offline, without being connected to the Internet!

This powerful solution enables you to do all that mentioned above instantly,
with one click on the TP roll icon in the Chrome toolbar.

Peccavi, March 2011

you can not delete anything from your comp,completely.
its says its deleted but it is on your hard drive,hope you not been naughty ,ask garry glitter :-)he found out the hard way.

mm,, March 2011