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In Internet Explorer 8, 7, or 6, how do I remove a stored password or other stored information?

Internet Explorer 8

To remove a stored password or other stored information in Internet Explorer 8:

  1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.

  2. On the General tab, under "Browsing history", click Delete... .

  3. Check the item(s) you want to delete:

    • Temporary Internet files (copies of web pages, images, and media that are saved for faster viewing)
    • Cookies
    • History (the lists of web sites you have visited)
    • Form data (saved information you have typed into forms)
    • Passwords
    • InPrivate Filtering data (saved data used by InPrivate Filtering to detect where web sites may be automatically sharing details about your visit)

    To delete everything, uncheck Preserve Favorites website data and check all the other options.

  4. Click Delete.

Internet Explorer 7

To remove a stored password or other stored information in Internet Explorer 7:

  1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options.

  2. On the General tab, under Browsing history, click Delete... . You now have several options:

    • To delete temporary Internet files (copies of web pages, images, and media that are saved for faster viewing), click Delete files... .
    • To delete cookies, click Delete cookies... .
    • To delete the history (the lists of web sites you have visited), click Delete history... .
    • To delete form data (saved information that you have typed into forms), click Delete forms... .
    • To delete passwords, click Delete passwords... .
    • To delete all of the above, click Delete all... .

  3. Click OK twice.

Internet Explorer 6

To remove a stored password or stored form data in Internet Explorer 6:

  1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options... .

  2. Click the Content tab, and then click AutoComplete... .

  3. To remove stored passwords, click Clear Passwords.

    To clear stored data that you have entered into forms, click Clear Forms.

  4. Click OK.
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Last modified on December 09, 2009.

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