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The icon looks like a clock. Find the history entry you are looking for. Your history is sorted by date in three ranges: Last hour, Last week, and Older. Delete an entry by clicking or tapping the "X" next to it.

You can remove single entries or entire date ranges. You can also tap or click "Clear all history" to delete all entries. Ensure "Browsing history" is checked and then click "Clear. Method 3. Open the Run window. This will open the History folder for the current user. It is not possible to view the contents of another user's History folder, even if you are logged in as an administrator. Select the date range you want to view.

Everything older than three weeks will be found in the 3 Weeks Ago folder. Select the website folder that you want to open. All of your history entries are sorted into website folders. Each folder will contain the links to the specific pages you visited.

Double-click an entry to open it. It will load in your default browser, which may not be Internet Explorer. Add an entry to your bookmarks. Right-click a link in one of the folders and select "Add To favorites" to add it to your bookmarks. You'll be prompted to select a location and give it a title. Delete entries. You can delete entries like you would any file in Windows.

You can right-click one and select "Delete," or select multiple entries first. You can also drag entries to other locations or the Recycle Bin. Stan Kats Professional Technologist. Stan Kats. Press the "control" key along with the "H" key.

This shortcut also works for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0. Press the "command" key and the "H" key to access all of your Safari history. Go onto Chrome and click the three dots in the right hand corner. Go down and click "History. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 3. Scroll down a lot, or type something you know you searched up a year ago, and some results will come up. Not Helpful 5 Helpful 0.

You can only access the history through the steps in this article. Not Helpful 11 Helpful 0. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. You Might Also Like How to. How to. Professional Technologist. Before you start using File History to back up your files, you need to first select where your backups are saved.

You can select an externally connected drive, such as a USB drive, or you can save to a drive on a network. There are other choices, but these two provide the best options to help protect your files against a crash or other PC problems. If you have files or folders elsewhere that you want backed up, you can add them to one of these folders.

If you're going to use a new external drive, connect it to your PC. If you see a notification asking if you want to configure the drive for File History, select it, and then turn on File History on the screen the appears. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, and then click Search.

Enter File History settings in the search box, and then select File History settings. Select Select a drive , and choose the network or external drive you want to use.

Over time, you'll have a complete history of your files. If the originals are lost, damaged, or deleted, you can restore them. You can also browse and restore different versions of your files.