If using a mouse, point your cursor at the lower, righthand corner of the screen and then select “Settings” from the menu that appears.

In Internet Explorer 8, you’ll find the Tools menu on your menu bar rather than selecting a “gear” icon.

Note that you may also remove stored data including cached images and temporary Internet files, cookies, download history, saved form data, saved passwords, “Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filtering, and Do Not Track data,” and favorites. In Internet Explorer 8 and later editions, you’ll see the option to “Preserve Favorites website data. " Be sure to keep this box checked if you don’t wish to delete cookies and files associated with your Favorites.

In Internet Explorer 9 look for the gear icon at the upper right-hand corner of your screen. You can also access “Internet Options” from the “Control Panel. " From there select the “Network and Internet” category and click on “Internet Options. “[4] X Research source

Note that you may also remove stored data including cached images and temporary Internet files, cookies, download history, saved form data, saved passwords, “Tracking Protection, ActiveX Filtering, and Do Not Track data,” and favorites. Beginning with Internet Explorer 8, you’ll see the option to “Preserve Favorites website data. " Be sure to keep this box checked if you don’t wish to delete cookies and files associated with your Favorites.

Note that if you’re viewing your browsing history “By Site,” you may right-click on any site to expand it and view the specific pages you’ve visited on that site. [6] X Research source

You can also right-click on any site and select “Delete” from the menu.