Firefox lets you turn of browser history recording, and so does Internet Explorer. There are many reasons for doing this, and not all for hiding activity that spouses, partners or employers might disapprove of!
For example, you might be browsing from a publically accessible computer that may be host to anyone. You may also want to prevent the inevitable build-up of information about you that invariably happens when your browsing history is recorded.
So how do we do this?
First, shut down Chrome completely and then locate where it stores it’s user data:
On Vista, this is: C:\Users\<User Name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
On XP, this is: C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data
1. Browse the “Default” folder and delete all the files whose names start with ‘History’.
2. Restart Chrome so they are created again, but do not navigate to any sites. Now close Chrome again.
3. Now, make all the “History” files read-only.
4. Start using Chrome again.
This should prevent Chrome from recording your browser history. Be aware that it does cause Chrome to crash on occasions, specifically when you download item and try to close the browser. Since you were trying to close the browser anyway, this is not critical.
Not a perfect solution, and I would be interested in any better ones
