Living in an advanced world with technology, we see we are all depended and do a lot of our daily activities using a smart device or our PC. We do visit different websites everyday through internet from computer and smartphones. In this article, I'm going to discuss something related to the websites you do visit from your windows computer or laptop.
We need any web browser to be installed in our computer to visit websites over the internet. Each and every web browser has their own in-build feature to keep the record of websites we visit. Most the browsers call this feature as 'Website History'. You can check all the websites details that you have visit in past by analyzing the browser history from settings menu in the particular browser.
These browsing details might help you in many situations. For example I can say, you have visited a website to find some notes for your college project sometime back and now you forget the site name. In such a situation, you can easily find the website URL by re-checking the website history from the browser.
Sometimes you or someone might delete the website history from the browser for any reason and you want to check particular browsing history. In such a situations, there is no options to check the history again since it got erased. So in this guide, I'm going to show you the steps to recover the deleted browsing history from any windows computer through a simple software called 'Systenance Index'.
This is a simple windows operating system based running application which can recover all the browsing history from the browser. So let's have a look on how to get back the cleared history details from a web browser using this software.
Let's move on to know, how to recover deleted browsing history from windows computer.
Firstly start the application in your windows computer and you will see the following screen.
Now click on search button to find all history by searching index.bat files from the computer.
After finishing the search, click on OK button to analyse all the history recovered through the application.
Now you can see all the recovered browsing history details from your computer. Also you can filter them for better analyse by saving them manually as shown below.
So this is a simple method to get the back the deleted browsing history from a windows computer. You can download 'Systenance Index' to your computer or laptop by Clicking here.
Apart from this procedure, there are so many other steps and ways to get this done too. So now let us move ahead and check out a few other alternative methods to recover deleted browser history.
Using CMD
This procedure is done using the DNS Cache to recover all the deleted chrome browsing history. The process is very simple and effective. All you have to do is connect your PC to an internet connection and do not restart or shut down the computer while on the process. To recover the history you have to follow the steps given below.
Firstly, to open the CMD you have to press Windows + R together and then in the appearing space type 'CMD'.
Then in the command prompt type in the code provided below accurately and press the 'Enter' button.
'ipconfig /displaydns'
Now all the recently visited websites will appear. The list will also include all the browsing history of Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer and others.
That’s it, this way you will be able to recover all the deleted history in a most simple way without any third party apps. But know that when you restart or shutdown the PC, all the saved DNS cache will be gone.
Using Google’s My Activity
My Activity page of Google is one of the needed page so far. It would provide you all the activities that you carry on in your Google and also would also track them in an accurate manner. Some of things that it helps you with is, you can check on the videos that you watched previously, queries that you searched for and also would tell you all from what devices the Google account has been accessed from. Along with this there are so many more features available too. Now let us see how to recover the deleted browsing history.
First, you have to open the Google chrome browser and sign in with the mostly used Google account.
Then you will have to head on to the 'Google My Activity' page.
Next, in the prevailing page you will come across a tutorial on how to use the page. Simply skip it and then a screen like shown in the below picture will popup.
There press on the 'Search' option and it will provide you all the searched queries.
Simple as that, now it is quiet very easy to take a look at all the deleted browsing history. No much pressure or any difficulties. But note, this method will help you only if the Google account was signed in while browsing the internet.
Through System Restore
You will not have to worry about anything, if you are using the windows 8 or windows 10. If you have them, then you can simply use the ‘System Reset’ or ‘System Restore’ option to recover the deleted internet history easily. This system can also restore the old internet history for you.
Using Cookies
Now let us also check out on how to recover the chrome’s deleted browsing history using the cookies in your PC. Simply follow the steps provided below.
First of all, you have to open the Google Chrome and from the upper right corner of the page, select the option 'More' which will help to control and customize the web browser.
Then go to the option 'Settings' and scroll down and select 'Advanced' button.
Next, from the 'Privacy And Security' section choose the option 'Site Settings'.
Now in the next page, you will have all the cookies available at the top of the page.
There you have to select the cookies by pressing on it and find the information that you are looking for.
You can also copy and paste the below provided command in the Chrome's address bar to locate the cookies settings easily.
chrome://settings/siteData
Google Chrome:
We need any web browser to be installed in our computer to visit websites over the internet. Each and every web browser has their own in-build feature to keep the record of websites we visit. Most the browsers call this feature as 'Website History'. You can check all the websites details that you have visit in past by analyzing the browser history from settings menu in the particular browser.
These browsing details might help you in many situations. For example I can say, you have visited a website to find some notes for your college project sometime back and now you forget the site name. In such a situation, you can easily find the website URL by re-checking the website history from the browser.
Sometimes you or someone might delete the website history from the browser for any reason and you want to check particular browsing history. In such a situations, there is no options to check the history again since it got erased. So in this guide, I'm going to show you the steps to recover the deleted browsing history from any windows computer through a simple software called 'Systenance Index'.
This is a simple windows operating system based running application which can recover all the browsing history from the browser. So let's have a look on how to get back the cleared history details from a web browser using this software.
How To Recover Deleted Browsing History
You have to get the app 'Shadow Professional' directly from it's official site to you windows computer or laptop.Let's move on to know, how to recover deleted browsing history from windows computer.
Firstly start the application in your windows computer and you will see the following screen.
Now click on search button to find all history by searching index.bat files from the computer.
After finishing the search, click on OK button to analyse all the history recovered through the application.
Now you can see all the recovered browsing history details from your computer. Also you can filter them for better analyse by saving them manually as shown below.
So this is a simple method to get the back the deleted browsing history from a windows computer. You can download 'Systenance Index' to your computer or laptop by Clicking here.
Apart from this procedure, there are so many other steps and ways to get this done too. So now let us move ahead and check out a few other alternative methods to recover deleted browser history.
Using CMD
This procedure is done using the DNS Cache to recover all the deleted chrome browsing history. The process is very simple and effective. All you have to do is connect your PC to an internet connection and do not restart or shut down the computer while on the process. To recover the history you have to follow the steps given below.
Firstly, to open the CMD you have to press Windows + R together and then in the appearing space type 'CMD'.
Then in the command prompt type in the code provided below accurately and press the 'Enter' button.
'ipconfig /displaydns'
Now all the recently visited websites will appear. The list will also include all the browsing history of Chrome, Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer and others.
That’s it, this way you will be able to recover all the deleted history in a most simple way without any third party apps. But know that when you restart or shutdown the PC, all the saved DNS cache will be gone.
Using Google’s My Activity
My Activity page of Google is one of the needed page so far. It would provide you all the activities that you carry on in your Google and also would also track them in an accurate manner. Some of things that it helps you with is, you can check on the videos that you watched previously, queries that you searched for and also would tell you all from what devices the Google account has been accessed from. Along with this there are so many more features available too. Now let us see how to recover the deleted browsing history.
First, you have to open the Google chrome browser and sign in with the mostly used Google account.
Then you will have to head on to the 'Google My Activity' page.
Next, in the prevailing page you will come across a tutorial on how to use the page. Simply skip it and then a screen like shown in the below picture will popup.
There press on the 'Search' option and it will provide you all the searched queries.
Simple as that, now it is quiet very easy to take a look at all the deleted browsing history. No much pressure or any difficulties. But note, this method will help you only if the Google account was signed in while browsing the internet.
Through System Restore
You will not have to worry about anything, if you are using the windows 8 or windows 10. If you have them, then you can simply use the ‘System Reset’ or ‘System Restore’ option to recover the deleted internet history easily. This system can also restore the old internet history for you.
One thing to consider about before heading on with this method is that ‘System Restore’ will remove all the installed or delete all the files that are stored in your PC’s windows installation file. Create a backup before you start the system restore option.
Using Cookies
Now let us also check out on how to recover the chrome’s deleted browsing history using the cookies in your PC. Simply follow the steps provided below.
First of all, you have to open the Google Chrome and from the upper right corner of the page, select the option 'More' which will help to control and customize the web browser.
Then go to the option 'Settings' and scroll down and select 'Advanced' button.
Next, from the 'Privacy And Security' section choose the option 'Site Settings'.
Now in the next page, you will have all the cookies available at the top of the page.
There you have to select the cookies by pressing on it and find the information that you are looking for.
You can also copy and paste the below provided command in the Chrome's address bar to locate the cookies settings easily.
chrome://settings/siteData
Using Recovery Software
Apart from the above provided methods, you can also use a third party software to recover the deleted history of your chrome browser. There are so many software that are available to get this done, but here today I am going to provide you 3 best software from which we can get the process done easily and accurately. Normally you got to scan for the files inside the following location.
Apart from the above provided methods, you can also use a third party software to recover the deleted history of your chrome browser. There are so many software that are available to get this done, but here today I am going to provide you 3 best software from which we can get the process done easily and accurately. Normally you got to scan for the files inside the following location.
C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\local storage
Mozilla Firefox:
Mozilla Firefox:
C:\Users\(yourusername)\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile folder>
Internet Explorer:
Internet Explorer:
C:\Users\(yourusername)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
Recuva: This is one of the easiest software. It will help you recover any types of files too easily from you r windows PC. It would deep scan for lost or crashed files, will recover from damaged disks and is a superior file recovery. With the help of Recuva, now you if your browser crashed and you lost all the browsing history, you can get it back quiet easily.
EaseUs Data Recovery Wizard: This is a free software, which will recover lost, deleted or formatted data of your windows PC or any devices. It will also provide you with free guides to help you know how to recover the lost files or history.
Wise Data Recovery: This is also another free software that will definitely help you recover all the deleted files, documents and so much more. It will support your local or any removable device too.
Recuva: This is one of the easiest software. It will help you recover any types of files too easily from you r windows PC. It would deep scan for lost or crashed files, will recover from damaged disks and is a superior file recovery. With the help of Recuva, now you if your browser crashed and you lost all the browsing history, you can get it back quiet easily.
EaseUs Data Recovery Wizard: This is a free software, which will recover lost, deleted or formatted data of your windows PC or any devices. It will also provide you with free guides to help you know how to recover the lost files or history.
Wise Data Recovery: This is also another free software that will definitely help you recover all the deleted files, documents and so much more. It will support your local or any removable device too.
That's it, I hope this guide might help you to recover the deleted browsing history from any web browser from your windows computer or laptop.