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Edit Typed URL History

What is the Typed URL History and Why Should I Keep (or Remove) Items?

When you manually type an internet address (or URL: Uniform Resource Locator) into the address bar, most modern browsers save this history and will use it in the future to try to auto-complete or 'guess' the web site or page when you next type the first few matching characters into the address bar. (For example, if you've already entered 'www.pointstone.com' into your browser address bar, the next time you enter 'www.poi' into the address bar, you'll be presented wit a drop-down list of all web sites that commence with 'www.poi' for your easy selection).

This often saves time and is quite helpful, but also allows others with access to your PC to quickly discover the sites and pages that you have previously visited.

As shown in the relevant Internet Browser topics earlier in this chapter, with Total Privacy you can completely delete this manually typed browser address bar URL history. However, and in recognition that in some cases it is useful for your browser to 'guess' where you're trying to go, Total Privacy offers you the Edit Typed URLs Wizard that allows you to edit and keep the record of any individual internet address(es) that you have typed into your web browser address bar.

The Edit Typed URLs Wizard

To Edit Manually Typed URL History

You can select individual internet addresses to edit or keep for Internet Explorer.

1. From the Privacy Items screen, click on the Browsers tab and then choose your browser from the left hand panel.
2. Click on the Edit Typed URL History link. You will be presented with the Edit Typed URLs Wizard listing the stored history of all manually typed internet addresses as shown below.

The following options are available in the Edit Typed URLs Wizard…

• Add: Should you wish to add a frequently used internet address to your typed URL history, simply type the full address (URL) into the URL field of the wizard and click on the 'Add' button. You'll note that the new internet address is added to the listing in the wizard.
• Delete: As you peruse the listing of internet addresses shown in the wizard, you may note certain addresses that are not useful to you or that you'd like to remove from your system to prevent discovery by others.

  To delete the remembered internet address, select the relevant URL in the wizard listing and then click on the 'Delete' button.

  Note: This will immediately and permanently delete the record of this address from your stored URL history.

• Modify: To edit or modify the internet address in your typed URL history, select the the URL to be modified (in the wizard listing) click on the 'Modify' button and then edit as desired in the URL field. Click on 'Ok' when finished.
• Move up: Move an entry up in your typed URL history order, by selecting it in the wizard listing and then clicking on the 'Move up' button until it is shown in the desired position in the wizard listing.
• Move down: Move an entry down in your typed URL history order, by selecting it in the wizard listing and then clicking on the 'Move down' button until it is shown in the desired position in the wizard listing.
• Filter: To quickly find the manually typed internet addresses that you want to edit, enter a few characters of the address you want to find in the Filter field and then click on the 'Filter' button. The Total Privacy Edit Typed URLs History Wizard will find and display only the entries in your saved history matching your selection criteria in order to enable you to quickly edit only these entries.

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