CCleaner index.dat files

[michaelsmith664]

Hello,I mostly use google chrome to surf the internet and I was looking to completly remove all traces of my browsing history to make it completly irrecovrable by anyone. I was wondering if ccleaner can do this because I read on some online forums that it does not delete all the hidden index.dat files and other temporary internet files and leaves some of the files behind and this worries me.May you please reply quickly this is very important

[Winapp2.ini]

Some Google Chrome stuff is not properly removed. It is a long-standing issue.

[michaelsmith664]

Can you tell me what is not removed and what tools I can use to remove it

[Winapp2.ini]

You can remove it from within the Google Chrome Settings

[Nergal]

what does index.dat (the title of the question) to do with chrome? as far as i know only internet explorer using index.dat files

 

you need to switch to the second tab and make sure chrome has it's checmarks

(note you may not want all of the items i have checked to be checked (and some items come from the community winapp2 file

[michaelsmith664]

I thought Google chrome stored hidden browsing history files just like IE did and I couldn't delete it because it was a locked system file, I called them index.dat files because I didnt know what Google chrome called them. Anyway I heard that windows stores a hidden database of all the webpages you've ever visited and this cant be deleted normally because its a locked system file and runs all the time. Some websites said ccleaner erases the contents of the hidden file on reboot while others said it does not delete the contents of all the browsing history files on the computer.

[Andavari]

The old CCleaner used to delete them on reboot. For awhile now CCleaner flushes out the contents of the index.dat files without the need to reboot anymore.

[michaelsmith664]

I have another question.I found a .DAT file in C:/Users/[user]/Appdata/local/microsoft/Windows entititled "UsrClass.dat".It hasnt changed in size since I last ran ccleaner and I'm a little worried that its contents can be recovered.I cant view its contents with a index.dat cleaner nor can I delete it using standard windows deletion methods(it says it cant be deleted because the file is open in system) Can you tell me whether the contents of the file are deleted or gibberish. Also I'm running windows 7

[hazelnut]

May be wrong but I think that is to do with a configuration info of the currently logged on user.

 

Try using Google to get more info on it perhaps.

[michaelsmith664]

what do you mean by configuration info.What would it include.Google has not been much help to me lately.

[hazelnut]

Putting UsrClass.dat into Google brings a lot of info up. Then you can try UsrClass.dat Windows 7.

 

Just keep trying

[michaelsmith664]

thanks,alse did you find the Usrclass.dat file I was talking about

[Andavari]

I have another question.I found a .DAT file in C:/Users/[user]/Appdata/local/microsoft/Windows entititled "UsrClass.dat"

 

That's part of the Windows Registry. I'd recommend leaving it alone unless you wish to reinstall Windows!

 

thanks,alse did you find the Usrclass.dat file I was talking about

 

It's fine to ask questions, but it is not Hazelnut's or anyone else responsibility to find out what a particular file is for on your computer especially when the info is widely available in a search engine.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Andavari

[michaelsmith664]

ok,I wasnt saying it was their responsibility nor did I expect them to do the research for me.I just wanted to see if they knew the answer to my question so I could get the important information I needed without having to read several pages of garbage before I got what I needed