How to View Internet History

There are many cases when you may need to know how to view Internet history. Sometimes, you may accidentally close the browser window or tabs, which you were supposed to refer to. Or, if you are a parent, you might need to check which sites your child visits on the web.

Checking the history of web browsers is very simple. You just have to keep clicking on the appropriate menus till you do not get the pages visited previously. However, the procedure depends on the browser which you are using. For example, the process on the Internet Explorer may not be the same as that in Mozilla Firefox.

There are many ways which can be used for viewing the websites visited previously. One simple method is to locate the address bar and click the downward arrow on its right. A list of the websites visited recently will be displayed.

Another method is to press the 'Control' button along with the 'H' key on the computer keyboard. A window will be displayed, which will sort the information day wise and week wise. You can click on the appropriate folder category to view a detailed record of the websites visited. Both these methods can be used on most browsers.

If you want to view web data in the Internet Explorer browser, the method may slightly vary according to the version you are using. If you are using version 7 or 8, you can see the websites visited by clicking on the 'Favorites' button on the left hand side of the browser.

There will be categories of days or weeks from which the website data can be viewed. If you are using other versions; you will have to click 'Tools', 'Toolbars', and then 'History'.

Mozilla Firefox provides a very easy way to view previously visited websites. In the menu bar, there is a separate 'History' option. Clicking on it will display few of the recently visited websites.

But if you want to see the detailed data of the browser, you need to click on the 'Show All History' option. Doing so will display a separate window, which will include the relevant folders. Clicking on any one option therein will display a detailed list of the websites visited.

Whichever website pages you visit on the web, there is a backup created in the computer hard drive. The websites can be viewed by accessing the 'Temporary Internet Files' folder on the hard drive.

• Double click on 'My Computer'.
• Enter into the C drive.
• Go in the 'Documents and Settings' folder.
• Select the username whom you want the information of.
• Click on the 'Local Settings' folder.

• Click on 'Temporary Internet Files' to find the visited websites.
• You can also access the link 'C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\'. Instead of the username, you need to type in the name of the user whose data is to be viewed.
• Suppose this folder does not have any content, that means the website information has been deleted.

If you want to know how to view deleted history, there are specific software meant for that purpose. For the retrieval of the deleted data, the software makes use of the 'index.dat' file that is not deleted by the 'clear history' method. These were the standard procedures to view website history of the browser, that may differ according to web browsers used.

These were the standard procedures to view website history of the browser. However, you need to remember that the procedures may differ according to web browsers used.