Delete Internet Explorer Browsing History ▷ Lancelhoff

In the following tutorial, I show you how to quickly Delete Internet Explorer Browsing History using the command line. The cool part about deleting your browser history in this way, is that you can create simple batch files to automate the entire process.

The following has been tested to work with Internet Explorer 11, 10, 9, 8, 7. It may or may not work on other versions as well.

How To Delete Internet Explorer Browsing History

Here's the breakdown to Clearing stored passwords, deleting cookies, and removing all files stored by Internet Explorer;

Click Start -> Run, type cmd, then click Ok
From the Command Window, type each of the following commands, and then press Enter;

To Delete Temporary Internet Files

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

To Delete Cookies

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

To Delete History

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

To Delete Form Data

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

To Delete Passwords

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

To Delete ALL

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

To Delete Files and Settings Stored by addons

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351

Make a Batch File to Delete Internet Explorer History

Create a new txt file on your desktop and open it using a text editor. I use 7-zip.

Copy and paste the following code into txt file;

@echo off
cls
title Delete Internet Explorer History
echo Started at %time%
Echo.

REM Echo Delete Temporary Internet Files
REM RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

REM Echo Delete Cookies
REM RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

REM Echo Delete History
REM RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

REM Echo Delete Form Data
REM RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

REM Echo Delete Passwords
REM RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

REM Echo Delete ALL
REM RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

REM Echo Delete Files and Settings Stored by addons
REM RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351

Echo.
echo Ended at %time%
Echo Done!
pause
exit

Remove the leading REM from each related Echo and RunDll32.exe processes you want the batch file to run. For example;
```
Echo Delete Temporary Internet Files
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
```
Save the file as as batch file. For example; delete-ie-history.bat
Test the results by clicking on the file from Windows to see if it runs.

That's all there is to it! You can now use the batch file to automate the process of cleaning up your Internet Explorer Browser History.