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Index.dat File

 

Index.dat file - What is Index.dat file?

Index.dat are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web sites that you have ever visited. Every URL, and every Web page is listed there. There are multiple Index.dat files in different directories that keep a copy of whatever there is in that folder and they continue keeping those records even after you have deleted the contents of those folders.

These files can be very hard to find and erase. If you are in Windows, even with "Show hidden files and folders" enabled, these files are not visible and cannot be found if you do a search for these files. The reason that these files are so invisible is that they are not just hidden, they have been designated as "system" files. System files and folders are treated differently in DOS and Windows and are effectively cloaked from casual searches.

On a Windows 9x computer these files are located in the following locations:

  • \WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
  • \WINDOWS\History\index.dat
  • \WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\index.dat

In Windows 2000 and Windows XP there are several "index.dat" files in these locations:

  • \Documents and Settings\<Username>\Cookies\index.dat
  • \Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat
  • \Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\************\index.dat
  • \Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
  • \Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\************\index.dat

Use Eusing Cleaner to view or delete index.dat file

You can use Eusing Cleaner as a index.dat viewer. Select the item 'Tools' - 'Index.dat Viewer' to view the index.dat file.

Index.dat files are always being used by windows system, you can not delete index.dag files manually, and even you clear Temporary Internet Files on Internet Option of Internet Explorer, it will not delete index.dat files.

Using Eusing Cleaner to delete index.dat files is very easy, just check the item 'Index.dat Files' in the list.

Eusing Cleaner overwrites all the index.dat files with blank characters so that no one can see useful information from these index.dat files.


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