Evidence Eliminator Internet Explorer Options

The IE tab contains configuration settings for Internet Explorer users.

History and Cache Cleaning

Internet Explorer Typed URL's

In the Address Bar normally at the top of Internet Explorer, where you type the URLs to visit, you will see a drop-down arrow on the right. It stores a history of all the URL's you have typed into the Address bar.

Internet Explorer AutoComplete

This option clears the automatic drop-down list that can remember passwords, form data, URLs and other history of what you have typed into web forms.

Internet Explorer Download Folder memory

Internet Explorer remembers the location of the last file you saved from the Internet. This option clears the memory.

Internet Explorer URL Error Logs

This option clears an intermittent logging file which keeps records of page URLs you have tried to access that resulted in an error.

Internet Explorer Cache

This option eliminates pictures and documents that have been automatically saved onto your hard drive from the internet. The first time you run Evidence Eliminator you may be surprised how many hidden internet files it finds. Daily use of Evidence Eliminator will make the process much faster. An "Auto" button is provided to re-detect the location automatically.

Internet Explorer Cache (Local Settings)

An alternative location to check for cache files, as above. This is a secondary storage location used by some versions of Windows and Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer Favorites (URL Bookmarks)

This option can clear your bookmarks automatically. The SubFolders box gives you the option of eliminating folders too, in the favorites folder.

If the SubFolders box is not checked, then only bookmarks in the main Favorites menu will be eliminated. This allows you to keep folders with permanent bookmarks, but always have the main Favorites menu cleared of anything you have not deliberately moved into a storage folder.

An "Auto" button is provided to re-detect the location automatically.

Internet Explorer Visited URL History

This option securely destroys a hidden URL list which Internet Explorer keeps of all the Web sites which you have visited. An "Auto" button is provided to re-detect the location automatically.

Cookies Tab

Internet Explorer Cookies

This option permanently destroys "Cookies" which have been stored by the browser. For a full definition of cookies, please read the browser help file. Cookies are basically data that Web sites leave in your browser to identify you on return visits. Over a few hours of surfing you will see that many cookies have been deposited in your browser.

If you visit certain sites which you trust, and you want to keep cookies from those sites only, use the Add button to add them to the Cookie Keep List. Evidence Eliminator will skip just those cookies, and eliminate the rest. An "Auto" button is provided to re-detect the location automatically.

The "Refresh" button loads all Internet Explorer cookies on the PC into the Current Data window. Once you have built up a list of cookies you wish to keep, use the "Only New" button to refresh the list of cookies with only those cookies which are new, i.e. you do not already have them on your Keep List.

This features makes it much easier to manage new cookies while ignoring ones you have already chosen to keep.

Downloaded Components Tab

Internet Explorer Downloaded Program Files

Deletes downloaded Program files and components which have installed themselves into your browser from web sites. Sometimes these programs are harmless, but do you really know what they all do? Sometimes it's hard to tell, so we eliminate them all.

If you visit certain sites which you trust, and you want to keep components from those sites only, use the Add button to add them to the Keep List. Evidence Eliminator will skip just those components, and eliminate the rest.