How to Check the Deleted History on My Computer?

Techwalla may earn compensation through affiliate links in this story. Learn more about our affiliate and product review process here.
Accessing deleted temporary Internet files is not complicated.

Accessing deleted temporary Internet files on your computer can be done with only a few clicks. These are instructions for a PC running an Internet Explorer browser. While you are recovering deleted files, you can also adjust your settings for how long the Internet history stays available or permanently delete files if you are done using them.

Advertisement

Step 1

Go to your browser's home page. There is a toolbar across the top of your page (or in the corner on some home pages). Click on the icon that says "Tools."

Video of the Day

Step 2

Bring the menu up and click on "Internet Options" to bring up a second menu of choices.

Advertisement

Step 3

Click on "Browsing History" and then go under "Settings."

Step 4

Go under "View Files." This is where your computer's cookies can be accessed and you can now view all the sites that have been clicked on even if the history has been erased.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Step 5

At this point after you view your files you may decide you'd like to delete them permanently. If so, click out of that menu and go back to the "Internet Options" box. Under "Browsing History", click "Delete." It will ask you which files you want to erase and which you want to keep. Click the ones you are erasing, then click "Delete."

Advertisement

Advertisement

references

Report an Issue

screenshot of the current page

Screenshot loading...