{"id":315,"date":"2005-01-26T13:48:29","date_gmt":"2005-01-26T18:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2005-01-26T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2005-01-26T18:48:29","slug":"clean-out-personal-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/clean-out-personal-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Out Personal Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nIf you&#8217;re looking to protect your privacy and prevent casual snoopers from seeing what you have been doing on your PC, we suggest our product <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpitstop.com\/store\/erase.asp\">PC Pitstop Erase<\/a>.<br \/>\nWant to do it yourself? Here are some things you can do.  Before starting your cleanup, remember that saved data on your computer may include usernames, passwords, and other information related to sites you visit on the Internet.  Be sure that you remember that information or have it saved elsewhere before deleting it from your PC.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Windows Files<\/h3>\n<p>\nSometimes the most obvious things are the easiest to overlook.  If you have deleted files but have not emptied them from the Recycle Bin they can easily be seen by anyone.  Just right-click the Recycle Bin on the desktop and select Empty Recycle Bin.  By the way, there&#8217;s a simple trick you can use to delete files in Explorer<br \/>\nwithout sending them to the Recycle Bin: hold down the Shift key when you press the Delete key or delete the file from the menu.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso be sure to clean out the files that sloppy programs leave behind in the Windows temp folders.<br \/>\nThese may be located in one or more places:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"tsFile\">Documents and Settings<i>YOURNAME<\/i>Local SettingsTemp<\/li>\n<li class=\"tsFile\">WindowsTemp<\/li>\n<li class=\"tsFile\">Temp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThe <span class=\"tsFile\">YOURNAME<\/span> will be your login name; there will be a folder under Documents and Settings for every user created on the computer.  Files and folders in the temp directory that are more than a day old are generally safe to delete.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Internet Explorer<\/h3>\n<p>\nPrivacy settings for IE are in the<br \/>\n<span class=\"tsMenu\">Tools, Internet Options<\/span> dialog, but they are scattered around on different tabs and difficult to find.  You should be aware of what they remember and how to clear them.\n<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div style=\" width:300px; margin:4px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/privacy\/autocomp.gif\" width=300 height=335><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:85%; font-weight:bold;\">\nInternet Explorer&#8217;s Options dialog holds most of the settings for remembering where you&#8217;ve been and what you typed.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h5>Internet cache:<\/h5>\n<p>On the <span class=\"tsMenu\">General<\/span><br \/>\ntab, you can delete <i>most<\/i> of the files in the cache by clicking the Delete Files button.<br \/>\nThere is a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/default.aspx?kbid=301057\">bug in IE<\/a> that loses track of some files in the cache, and they won&#8217;t be deleted.  You can clean them out with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpitstop.com\/store\/erase.asp\">Erase<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpitstop.com\/store\/optimizescan.asp\">Optimize<\/a> utilities, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpitstop.com\/pcpitstop\/intieover.asp\">use these steps<\/a> to clear out the cache manually.\n<\/p>\n<p><h5>Browsing history:<\/h5>\n<p>Also on the <span class=\"tsMenu\">General<\/span> tab, click the Clear History button<br \/>\nto prevent someone from seeing the past<br \/>\nweb sites you have visted by using IE&#8217;s history feature, or by clicking the down arrow<br \/>\non the right side of the Address bar.<br \/>\nIf you have turned on URL Inline AutoComplete (<span class=\"tsMenu\">Advanced<\/span><br \/>\ntab, under Browsing), clearing history will also prevent AutoComplete from sites you<br \/>\nhave previously visited.<br \/>\nHowever, note that clearing history will not completely remove all traces of visited sites from<br \/>\nthe computer; there will often be some files left behind in this folder:  <span class=\"tsFile\">Documents and Settings<i>YOURNAME<\/i>Local SettingsHistoryHistory.IE5<\/span>.  You can delete these files manually if you like.\n<\/p>\n<p><h5>Form and login data:<\/h5>\n<p>On the <span class=\"tsMenu\">Content<\/span> tab, click the AutoComplete button to view or change the IE settings for remembering web addresses, form information, and login information that you have typed.  You can also clear any information that has already been remembered.  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