If you’re a Windows 8 user, you may be wondering how to delete your application history. This is a common question because deleting your application history can help you avoid potential problems when trying to use certain applications or access certain data. To delete your application history in Windows 8, follow these steps:
- Open the Start screen and type “cmd” into the search bar.
- Type “delete app history” and hit the Enter key.
- The “delete app history” window will open and will ask you to confirm deletion of your application history. If you don’t want to delete your application history, click the OK button.
- Once the “delete app history” window has closed, you’ll need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
When you close a Metro application in Windows 8, its more like it gets paused, rather than completely closes. This allows us to quickly switch between applications (think “resume”) without having to launch the application from scratch. Here’s how we can delete our Metro application history as well as exit any applications running in the background.
Deleting Your Application History
Press the Windows + I key combination, when the sidebar appears go ahead and click on the “More PC Settings” section.
When the new “Metro Control Panel” loads you’re going to want to head over to the General Section.
On the right-hand side, a simple click of the Delete button in the App switching section will do the trick.
If you take a closer look at Task manager you will also notice that it closes any 3rd Party Metro applications that were running in the background.
Of course, it also removes them from the application switching list, as promised.
