How to Clean Windows history?
Folder Lock includes a feature to help users remove their Windows and Start Menu history. To manually clean your history using Folder Lock, you can follow these steps:
- Open Folder Lock: Launch the Folder Lock application on your computer and login to your account.
- Access Safeguard: Look for a “Safeguard” tab within the application. This is located in the main menu.
- Clean History: Within the Safeguard window, locate an option labeled “Clean History”. Click on it to access the history cleaning feature.
- Select History Items: In the Clean History section, you can see a list of history items that can be cleaned. This may include Windows history and Start Menu history.
- Choose Cleaning Option: Select the specific history items you want to clean by checking the corresponding checkboxes next to each item.
- Clean History: Once you have selected the desired history items, click on the “Clean” button to initiate the cleaning process.
- Wait for Completion: The cleaning process may take some time, depending on the amount of history data to be removed. Wait for the process to complete.
By following these steps, you can manually clean your Windows and Start Menu history using Folder Lock’s Safeguard feature.
Folder Lock also offers the option to automatically clean history when you lock your mounted drives. To enable the automatic history cleaning feature in Folder Lock, you can follow these steps:
- Open Folder Lock: Launch the Folder Lock application on your computer and login to your account.
- Access Settings: Look for a “Settings” option within the application. This is located in the bottom right corner of the Main Window.
- General Settings: Within the settings window, search for an option labeled “General Settings”. General Settings will be selected by default, or you can click on it to access the general settings section.
- Modify Option: Look for the specific named as “Clean Windows History”. This is the checkbox that can be enabled or disabled based on your preferences.
