Mar 14, 2014 The program name suggests that Chrome uses the index.dat file, but that's not the case. The program was probably around and named before Chrome, and added the feature to see Chrome's history. Index.dat is the old IE's file. Now it's WebcacheV01.dat located in C:Usersyour usernameAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsWebCache. The index.dat file is never resized or deleted. A large index.dat file can impair performance. Note: The.dat extension is commonly used for data files (files that are not human-readable and do not hold a document-based binary file). It's possible to find files named 'index.dat' that are not used by Internet Explorer.
- This light utility allows you to view content of cookies index.dat file, as is. It will also allow you to review content of cookie folder, find its location and manage (delete) cookies manually by opening cookies folder in explorer.
- cookie_index.dat_viewer.exe
- TeoSoft
- Freeware (Free)
- 68 Kb
- WinNT 4.x, WinXP, Windows2000, Windows2003, Windows Vista
- Index.dat files are hidden files on your computer that contain all tracks of your online activity, where have you been on internet and what sites you visited. Index.dat Analyzer is free tool to view and delete contents of hidden index.dat files.
- indexdat-setup.exe
- Systenance Software
- Freeware (Free)
- 906 Kb
- WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003, Windows Vista
- Protect your PC privacy! Prevent spyware and malicious web sites from tracking your activities! Find, scan, preview, erase index.dat files, clean history, temp, cookies, user data and other hidden information on your PC.Free up hard disk. ...
- index.zip
- Clickok.co.uk
- Shareware ($10.00)
- 2 Mb
- Windows All
- Index.dat Viewer allows you to see the contents of files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web sites that you have ever visited. Index.dat are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web sites that you have ever visited.
- IndexDatViewerSetup.exe
- Pointstone Software, LLC
- Freeware (Free)
- 1.13 Mb
- WinXP, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64
- Index.dat Suite is a rather unique program that allows you not only to delete the index.dat files, temporary internet files, temp files, cookies and history, but it also allows you to view the index.dat files on your system.Full details can be. ...
- Index.dat Suite
- Ur I.T. Mate Group
- Freeware (Free)
- 788 Kb
- Win 9x, NT, 2k, XP, Server 2003
- Index.dat Scanner: Scan your ALL your index.dat files using the fastest Index.dat Scanner! Thoroughly scans ALL your index.dat files, can save a log of browser records found, and is easy to use. The included help file explains everything you wanted. ...
- Index.dat Scanner
- ExtraMile Software
- Freeware (Free)
- Win98, WinME, Windows2000, WinXP, Windows2003
- CleanCache 2.0 is a free (for 1 - 2 systems), very powerful Internet Explorer 6.0 and Windows 2000/XP cleaner. It will delete all IE tracks (including cleaning/deleting index.dat files), Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, AutoComplete, WinXP tracks and the. ...
- CleanCache3.exe
- ButtUglySoftware
- Freeware (Free)
- 1.2 Mb
- Win XP, 2000
- Mil Shield 8.1 removes all tracks from your PC activities to protect your privacy. It cleans cookies, cache, history, WebCacheV01.dat and INDEX.DAT files, IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Chrome tracks. Windows 8.1 ready.
- MilShieldSetup.exe
- Mil Incorporated
- Shareware ($29.90)
- 4.2 Mb
- Win98, Win2000, WinXP, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Windows 8
- Mil Shield protects your privacy by removing all tracks from your online or offline PC activities (it also shreds the content of the infamous INDEX.DAT files).Some features: * Supports Windows 7 and Vista 32&64; Cleans all IE, Firefox, Opera,. ...
- MilShieldSetup.exe
- .Mil Incorporated
- Shareware ($29.90)
- 4.06 Mb
- Win98, Win2000, WinXP, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64
- Mil Shield protects your privacy by removing all tracks from your online or offline PC activities (it also shreds the content of the infamous INDEX.DAT files).Some features: * Supports Windows 7 and Vista 32&64; Cleans all IE, Firefox, Opera,. ...
- MilShieldSetup.exe
- A Mil Incorporated
- Shareware ($29.90)
- 4.06 Mb
- Win98, Win2000, WinXP, WinServer, WinVista, WinVista x64, Win7 x32, Win7 x64
- Clean Space clears activity history in over two hundred areas such as browser history, temporary Internet files, cookies, index.dat files and many others. It will also clean tracks in many other applications Google, Morpheus, LimeWire, Yahoo, FireFox. ...
- clean_space_setup.exe
- Clean Space International
- Shareware ($49.00)
- 268 Kb
- WinXP, Windows Vista
- Easy and powerful tool which can delete gigabytes of computer's garbage, for example: browsing history, index.dat files, cookies, cache, logs, temporary internet files, search history and many other items.
- setup_wipe.exe
- PrivacyRoot.com
- Freeware (Free)
- 534 Kb
- Win2000, Win7 x32, Win7 x64, Win98, WinOther, WinVista, WinVista x64, WinXP
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In the Microsoft Windowsoperating system, index.dat is a database file used by the Internet Explorerweb browser. It is used to improve performance.[citation needed]
Function[edit]
The index.dat file is a database file. It is a repository of information such as web URLs, search queries and recently opened files. Its purpose is to enable quick access to data used by Internet Explorer. For example, every web address visited is stored in the index.dat file, allowing Internet Explorer to quickly find Autocomplete matches as the user types a web address. The index.dat file is user-specific and is open as long a user is logged on in Windows. Separate index.dat files exist for the Internet Explorer history, cache, and cookies.
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The index.dat file is never resized or deleted. A large index.dat file can impair performance.[1]
- Note: The .dat extension is commonly used for data files (files that are not human-readable and do not hold a document-based binary file). It's possible to find files named 'index.dat' that are not used by Internet Explorer.
Controversy[edit]
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Internet privacy groups say that the use of index.dat files in the Windows operating system is an invasion of users' privacy. The information contained in an index.dat file can be considered private to the user. One of the groups' main complaints is that the index.dat files cannot easily be deleted. This is because windows prevents open or 'locked' files from being deleted.
It has been contended[weasel words] that the method provided by the Windows operating system for removing information from the index.dat files gives a false sense of security.[citation needed] Although the internet cache directory can be cleared, its use cannot be disabled. Also, removing individual entries from an index.dat file (for example, by using Windows Explorer) only prevents those entries being used; it does not remove the files referenced until the next 'cleanup'. (Marking single entries as deleted rather than erasing them is a common database method of quickly removing items from use whilst also retaining those items should it be desirable to reverse the deletion.)[citation needed]
While employees of Microsoft have claimed that the Windows operating system deliberately hides index.dat files, users of the Microsoft system point to the fact that Windows Explorer offers users a detailed view of the content of the files when browsing containing directories, therefore allowing anybody using the system to look at and even change and remove their Internet data.[citation needed]
Removal tools[edit]
Various free programs (among them Red Button, CCleaner, and Index.dat Suite), can completely remove index.dat files until they are recreated by Windows, though CCleaner, and perhaps the others, does not delete the hidden index.dat file in the Temporary Internet Files directory, which contains a copy of the cookies that were in the Cookies directory[citation needed]. However, if Secure Deletion is enabled in CCleaner then this will effectively wipe the contents of this file although the size will continue to increase with use.[citation needed]
Supported on[edit]
Index.dat is only available up to Internet Explorer 9.[citation needed] Internet Explorer 10 and 11 do not have index.dat files.[citation needed] Instead, Internet Explorer 10 and 11 use WebCacheV01.dat.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^'The Internet Explorer Index.dat File in the History Folder May Become Very Large'. Support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
External links[edit]
- Windows Networking Team blog about Index.dat (followup Q&A)
- How to remove index.dat (Site has broken links and the info is outdated)
- A Cleanup API for Windows - details on how to delete index.dat files
- Windows 'index.dat' Parser command-line tool for Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X
Index.dat File Reader For Mac Download
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