Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited is enabled.

Part of DTBI770 - Web site visit history

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-25703r1_rule Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited is enabled.

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This policy prevents users from deleting the history of Web sites the user has visited. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user will be able to select whether to delete or preserve Web sites the user visited when the user clicks Delete.

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The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy Criteria: Set the value CleanHistory to REG_DWORD = 0.

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