How to erase download history?

Want to clear download history from your browser? Need help to do this job efficiently? If yes!, you are at right place. Here you will get a step by step guidance to clear download history. Most of the people think deleting browser history is enough to erase entire information about what you surf and download but it is not a fact. Even after erasing browsing history, you can treasure information about files which you have downloaded from the browser. Therefore, it’s important to clear download history.

Actually, when you download any file via browser, downloaded history is automatically saved on browser. Using download history, one can easily know what you have downloaded on the system while working on internet. Therefore, if you are using public computer or someone also using your PC, laptop or phone, you must delete download history if you don’t want others to let know about what you have downloaded from internet. Moreover, if you are deleting download history from browser, it may cause your system’s performance slow while browsing.

If you are running Chrome browser on your system, follow this procedure to delete download history from chrome:

Launch the browser and click on "Menu" and then on “Customize and control Google Chrome” option. Alternatively, you can use Ctrl + j keys combination to open Downloads History window.
As you click on, a window will open where you have to click on Downloads option.
After click on Downloads you will get a list of download history.
You can remove particular download information from the list otherwise click on “Clear all” option that is located on top right corner of the window.

Delete download history from Firefox:

Launch Firefox browser and click on Firefox tab. Select History option from menu and then click on Clear Recent History option.
From Time range to clear tab select amount of history you want to remove then click on Details option.
Mark Browsing & Download history option and click on Clear Now button.

Similarly, you have option to clear download history manually from all other browsers on your PC / laptop. If you are using smartphones and tablets then also you can do the same from browsers. However if you need more powerful and effective solution to erase download history then you can take advantage of third party utility such as Remo Optmizer. It comes with advanced Privacy cleaner feature that ensures complete erasure of download history, search history, browser cache and cookies, bookmarks and other browser junk in just a click. With this powerful application you can erase download history from different popular browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc. You can install this app on all Windows OS versions.

Steps to use Remo Optmizer for erasing download history:

Download and install Remo Optmizer application on your system. After launching the software, it starts scanning your drive automatically. If not required you can skip the scaning session.
Then click on "Tools" and select "Privacy Cleaner" option to erase download history from your computer
Then next, select “Clean Browser Junk” option to erase download history
Now from this window, select the browsers from which you want to erase download history and click on "Scan" option to proceed with scanning process
Once scanning is done, software will display junk items that are there in download history and need to be cleared. Click on "Clean" option to remove download history items. Finally you will get the detailed report of deteted download history from different browser history