How to delete Internet Explorer index.dat file?
Internet Explorer index.dat is a binary file and you can not use Notepad to look at its content. You will need to use a free hexadecimal editor like HxD freeware Hex editor but it requires some skill, it is much easier to download something like the free Index.dat Analyzer from Systenance this tool can view and erase your index.dat files content. To delete index.dat you can open it with the hex editor and overwrite everything with zeroes, then save it, make sure the file is not opened as Read-Only. Another quicker and easier way to delete your index.dat file is by using some specialist privacy software that will delete it, like for example Privacy Mantra.
