how to DISABLE selective BROWSER HISTORY deletion

[cicimi]

I have Windows 8 home and IE 10. My version of Windows won't allow me to use gpedit.msc so I can't go that route.

How do I disable selective browser history deletion? As in, preventing users from opening history and right-click-deleting only a select few items from the browser history.

I have already disabled the delete browser history button but it does not prevent selective deletion.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Seven Forums cicimi. You might want to join Eight Forums and inquire there as well. I don't believe it can be done without Group Policy.

If you can identify which GP is involved, you can use Group Policy Search to find out how to do it via the registry

Group Policy Search

It may be possible to enable Group Policy on your Home ( I have it on my Windows 7 Home Premium), but nothing is guaranteed. Make sure you have system images in case of any issues. If you are unsure, better not to try.

How to Enable “Group Policy Editor” (gpedit.msc) in Windows 7 Home Premium, Home Basic and Starter Editions? - Tweaking with Vishal

A Guy

 

[cyrilhubert]

Thank you A Guy for the answer. I sure learn a thing or two from A Guy.
Well cicimi,
IE 10 is configured rather differently from the IE of the past. MS sure make life difficult for some of us.

How do I disable selective browser history deletion?
You mean you want to delete all browser history or keep all browser history?

You can read this
http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers...-browsing-history-windows-7-home-premium.html

I don't really know the answer for IE10 as older IE 4 to 6 allowed selective browser history deletion.
Older IE 4 to 6 even had dates and time of browsing kept.

Everyone recommends InPrivate Browsing whereas I prefer Google Chrome to allow selective browser history deletion.
However, Google Chrome only keeps 30 days of history, after that auto delete the history.

You can read this old article at
Selectively Delete Some of Your Browsing History | PCWorld
and
http://www.wikihow.com/Selectively-Delete-Items-from-Internet-Explorer

 

[cicimi]

Welcome to Seven Forums cicimi. You might want to join Eight Forums and inquire there as well. I don't believe it can be done without Group Policy.

If you can identify which GP is involved, you can use Group Policy Search to find out how to do it via the registry

Group Policy Search

It may be possible to enable Group Policy on your Home ( I have it on my Windows 7 Home Premium), but nothing is guaranteed. Make sure you have system images in case of any issues. If you are unsure, better not to try.

How to Enable “Group Policy Editor” (gpedit.msc) in Windows 7 Home Premium, Home Basic and Starter Editions? - Tweaking with Vishal

A Guy

Thank you for your reply. I'm currently searching through EightForums as well. I didn't even know it existed. I downloaded the Enable Group Policy file but it kept saying it was invalid when I would try to extract it so no luck there. I will check out the Group Policy Search too. Thank you very much.

 

[cicimi]

Thank you A Guy for the answer. I sure learn a thing or two from A Guy.
Well cicimi,
IE 10 is configured rather differently from the IE of the past. MS sure make life difficult for some of us.

How do I disable selective browser history deletion?
You mean you want to delete all browser history or keep all browser history?

You can read this
http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers...-browsing-history-windows-7-home-premium.html

I don't really know the answer for IE10 as older IE 4 to 6 allowed selective browser history deletion.
Older IE 4 to 6 even had dates and time of browsing kept.

Everyone recommends InPrivate Browsing whereas I prefer Google Chrome to allow selective browser history deletion.
However, Google Chrome only keeps 30 days of history, after that auto delete the history.

You can read this old article at
Selectively Delete Some of Your Browsing History | PCWorld
and
How to Selectively Delete Items from Internet Explorer - wikiHow

I pretty much don't want my history to be deleted at all in any way possible. I disabled the delete history button but IE 10 still allows selective browser deletion. I'm trying to find a solution to that. Thanks.

 

[Layback Bear]

I'm just curious.
Why does one want to save browser history?
What does one do with the history that is saved?

 

[BrightBlessings]

I'm just curious.
Why does one want to save browser history?
What does one do with the history that is saved?

Why do people want to do half the stuff they ask about on these fora? It leaves me scratching my head a lot of the time.

 

[A Guy]

To be honest, unless I think there may be a better way to accomplish what they want, I just try to help them with their inquiry. As long as it isn't illegal, or going to put them at great risk. I may throw in a warning, but why people do things is up to them. A Guy

 

[Layback Bear]

I had no idea being curious and asking a question or two was improper. I will certainly try to remember not to be curious any more and then post.

 

[cyrilhubert]

I'm just curious.
Why does one want to save browser history?
What does one do with the history that is saved?

Well Layback Bear,
I for one, wants to save browser history. I want to keep visiting some sites and lazy to keep remembering the url. I used to write the url in a book, now I am so lazy to keep remembering the url. I just relied on the browser history. Usually IE browser can be adjusted to keep the history but I am not sure about FF and Google chrome can do the same.

 

[cyrilhubert]

Thank you A Guy for the answer. I sure learn a thing or two from A Guy.
Well cicimi,
IE 10 is configured rather differently from the IE of the past. MS sure make life difficult for some of us.

How do I disable selective browser history deletion?
You mean you want to delete all browser history or keep all browser history?

You can read this
http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers...-browsing-history-windows-7-home-premium.html

I don't really know the answer for IE10 as older IE 4 to 6 allowed selective browser history deletion.
Older IE 4 to 6 even had dates and time of browsing kept.

Everyone recommends InPrivate Browsing whereas I prefer Google Chrome to allow selective browser history deletion.
However, Google Chrome only keeps 30 days of history, after that auto delete the history.

You can read this old article at
Selectively Delete Some of Your Browsing History | PCWorld
and
How to Selectively Delete Items from Internet Explorer - wikiHow

I pretty much don't want my history to be deleted at all in any way possible. I disabled the delete history button but IE 10 still allows selective browser deletion. I'm trying to find a solution to that. Thanks.

Just like me, I pretty much don't want my history to be deleted at all because I can keep selectively visiting some sites without remembering the urls. Fiddling with the gpedit can be dangerous as some functions can be impeded.Tread carefully!

 

[A Guy]

Bookmarking pages is a better method then relying on history which could conceivably disappear at any time. A Guy

 

[Layback Bear]

Thanks folks for helping with my curiosity. I use Favorites and Bookmarks.

 

[cyrilhubert]

Bookmarking pages is a better method then relying on history which could conceivably disappear at any time. A Guy

Very true indeed! but I don't want a bloated bookmark or favourites on the either side or the top.That's why Cicimi like me don't want the history to be erased or deleted.

 

[UsernameIssues]

I'm just curious.
Why does one want to save browser history?
What does one do with the history that is saved?

Some people use it as "short term" bookmarks - say for a week or two. Favorites are for long term info. I cannot defend doing that, I'm just reporting what I've heard people tell me when I ask them if I can reset IE. I've also seen people that keep the history window pinned open. They refuse to use tabs, so every click is deeper down a path. The History listing lets them jump back to a place on that Z axis. The history in the forward/back arrows is not deep enough.

Some people start asking about this type of "history preservation" thing when they think that it is a practical way to monitor children or porn addicts. They eventually see that it does not work well for those purposes.

I go to the other extreme. I keep IE clear of cookies/data that can impact how a webpage is rendered. IE is where I test links before posting them. Especially ones that I've removed junk from.

@cicimi,
If monitoring another person is the goal, then there are too many places on the web detailing how to avoid being monitored. If this desire to preserve the history like they were bookmarks - then you are headed in the right direction. You need software (WinRAR or 7-Zip) to decompress the Enable Group Policy file.The W7 OS will not open it natively.