First off to know how to see and delete your cookies you will need to know exactly what a cookie is and no it’s not your favourite chocolate chip type of cookie. A cookie is a text string that gets entered into the memory of you’re browser. There are many different reasons behind why websites use these cookies and they are as followed.

• Personalizing information
• Help with Sales Services
• Collects information
• Helps with quick log-ins
• Adds to security

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Your temporary internet files folder is located in a different location depending on the Operating system and version you are using:

• If you have Windows Vista as your OS then Temporary Internet Files folder is placed in the following locations (be aware that they can be on other drive instead of C):
  C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\
  C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Important!

You need to change the settings of Windows Explorer to show hidden files (including the protected system files) in order to access temporary internet files folders.

• If you use Windows XP or Windows 2000 then Temporary Internet Files folder is placed in this location:
  C:\Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\

If you have only one user account on Windows XP or Windows 2000 then replace <username> with Administrator to get the path of the Temporary Internet Files folder.

• If you use Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows Me or Windows NT  then Temporary Internet Files are in these locations:
  C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\
  C:\Windows\Profiles\<UserName>\Temporary Internet Files\

Note that on your computer the Windows directory may not be C:\Windows but some other directory.

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The temporary internet file is a directory where the websites you visit go into. The reason they go into this directory is so that the next time you go to the webpage it will load a lot faster.

Every time you visit a website it is cached into your local computers hard disk. The temporary files will remain there until you clear them manually, to do this you will need to use your browsers delete option and select temporary internet files. It is located where you delete browsing history and cookies.

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If you are in need of some powerful software to erase your saved data then the Privacy Eraser Pro can do just that. The product is very good, it offers ease of use for any level of computer user. There are still some products which offer more features but overall this product does a bang on job for protecting your privacy. It only costs $40.00 so it isn’t very expensive at all and you can use it right away and start deleting your files.

This program has a total of 10 different plug-ins, each plug-in is used differently to delete separate areas of the computer. You will be able to delete browser, IM, chat, P2P, image, and much more of the history stored on your computer.

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While you are surfing the internet your computer keeps track of all the places you visit, and how many times you visit each place. This information is used to use you’re private details against you.

Companies will pay people to find out where you’re surfing on the internet. It is big business for retailers to understand where the consumer is spending their time online, this is so important because without knowing what the consumer likes online they will never be able to cash in on the millions of dollars made online.

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If you are in need of deleting your browsing history because of work or school, you may not be able to. There are options for bosses to add a function which won’t let you click on delete history, there are some ways to go about cleaning the history off your computer. I have come up with a list of tools, and software that you can use to clean off any internet history, whether or not the option has been blocked by your employer.

The first thing you can try to see if it works is by pressing control H on your keyboard, this should bring up the history for your computer and you should have the option of selecting each one and deleting the ones you don’t want to be viewed.

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