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Traces Cleanup
The Traces Cleanup feature is a tune-up activity that removes traces from Internet history and MRU List (Most Recently Used) of
various applications. It safely deletes history, cleans the cookies, cache, auto-complete forms and passwords. Removing traces like
auto complete entries and saved passwords have to be deleted to ensure that user privacy is not breached. It also erases the traces
from popular application programs such as MS Office Applications, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Media Player, WinZip, WinRAR and traces
such as Browser Cookies, Saved Passwords and so on.
Customizing Registry Cleanup
Before you execute Traces Cleanup, it can be customized to perform as per your needs. To customize Traces Cleanup, please
perform the following steps:
1. Click Cleanup -> Traces Cleanup.
2. Click Options button.
3. The Traces Cleanup Options screen opens. Each item in the list is preceded by a checkbox. By default all items are
checked in the list.
4. Uncheck the items that need to be skipped by Traces Cleanup feature.
5. Click Apply to save the new settings; click Close to exit without saving the settings.
How to Perform Traces Cleanup
To execute Traces Cleanup, please perform the following steps:
1. Click Cleanup -> Traces Cleanup.
2. Click Options if you wish to customize Traces Cleanup as mentioned earlier.
3. Click Start to populate the list with applications containing traces.
4. You can click Stop to halt the entries being added to the list.
5. Each application containing traces will be preceded by a checkbox. By default all application containing traces are
checked. Uncheck the applications that need to be skipped by Traces Cleanup.
Figure 6-5: Performing Traces Cleanup
6. There are two other fields which display the following information:
a. Total Items Found: The total number of applications containing traces found by Traces Cleanup.
b. Items Selected: The total number of application containing traces selected for removal.
7. Click Clean Items button to remove traces from the applications listed. Click Close to exit Traces Cleanup.