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Checking Up On Your Child's Internet Activity

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How to Check Your Browser's History File


If your child has been spending a lot of time on the Internet lately, you may want to check up on their activity. You may feel as though it is spying, but checking what they have been viewing may avoid further problems, by talking to them about what they have seen. Or, perhaps they ran across something that made them feel uncomfortable and they feel uncomfortable telling you about it. A couple of minutes spent viewing the history of your browser will tell you what kind of sites your child has been viewing. Please be aware though, that a child can clear the history of sites visited. If you find that your children have been emptying the history file, I would suggest installing filtering or monitoring software to find out why.

If you use Internet Explorer or Netscape you can view your browser's history and adjust how many days are kept in the history. Another nice feature is that you can clear your browser's history, that will sometimes speed up how fast your browser loads new pages. Here are instructions to view the history, adjust the number of days kept in history, and clear the history.

For Internet Explorer 7.0

  • To view the history:
    While viewing an Internet Explorer page, Press the control key and h key together. A window on the side will open and it will contain the history of sites arranged by date. Click on one of the days such as "Today" or "Last Week" and view the sites. You can change view options by clicking at the top of the box on the history. You can arrange by date, by site, or by most visited.
  • To adjust the number of days kept in the history:
    Click on "Tools" then "Internet Options" or click on the button that looks like a gear, then use the up or down arrow in the history section to adjust the number of days.
  • To clear history:
    Click on "View" then "Internet Options" then click on "Clear History" button in the history section.

For Firefox

  • To view the history:
    On the menu at the top, click on History, then View in Sidebar. Or while viewing an Firefox page, press the control key and h key together. A window on the side will open and it will contain the history of sites arranged by date. Click on one of the days such as "Today" or "Last Week" and view the sites. You can change view options by clicking at the top of the box on the view. You can arrange by date, by site, or by most visited.
  • To adjust the number of days kept in the history:
    Click the Tools menu at the top and select Options. Click on the Privacy button at the top.

If you use a different version browser or a different browser altogether, use the help option to find out if history is available and how to access it.

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