Click on the ICQ panel of the Privacy Items Messaging tab to show
the options for your ICQ items (as per screenshot at right) and then choose the
items you'd like to clean and wash by checking the relevant checkboxes.
Note: The options below permanently delete files from ICQ folders
on your computer. It is assumed that files that you want to keep are stored (securely)
elsewhere on your system.
Bookmarks: ICQ stores all the
bookmarks that you have saved for your default browser. Check this item to delete
the ICQ folder and all bookmarks stored in it.
Cache: The files that you download
with ICQ are stored here in ICQ's cache. Remove this these files and keep your
recent ICQ downloading history private by checking this item.
Contact lists: All your contacts
that you have communicated with using ICQ are kept in the ICQ contact list.
To prevent others from discovering who you have been chatting with, check this
item to delete all stored ICQ contact lists.
Log files: ICQ keeps a log of
all your ICQ activity history (messages, web sites, files exchanged etc.). Clear
this log by checking this item.
Received files: All files that
you receive via ICQ are stored in this folder. Check this item to delete the
folder and received files contained within.
Recent chat history: This is
the entire record of your ICQ conversations and message history. To remove these
recorded transcripts from your ICQ system, check this item.
Tip: Move (or hover) the mouse cursor over any privacy washing item
on the screen to get further information and a brief description of that item.
Note: The options below permanently delete files from ICQ folders
on your computer. It is assumed that files that you want to keep are stored (securely)
elsewhere on your system.
Tip: Move (or hover) the mouse cursor over any privacy washing item
on the screen to get further information and a brief description of that item..gif){kind=small}