AOL® Enhanced History feature automatically saves the last 300 locations you visit on the AOL® service or on the Internet for the past 30 days so that you can revisit them easily. This is similar to many browsers' history lists. Just click the arrow to the right of the address bar on the AOL® toolbar to retrieve your history. Enhanced History is stored on the AOL service and can be accessed when signed on as a guest.
About My Routine
The AOL® My Routine feature automatically saves the top locations you visit most frequently on the AOL service or on the Internet so that you can revisit them easily. The My Routine information is stored on the AOL service, so you can access them even if you sign on from a friend's computer using the guest feature.
When you browse the Web, sites you visit will be added to your My Routine list. These sites are listed in order of the frequency with which you visit them; the most visited site being listed at the top. The list will show a default of 10 items that can be made up of any combination of folders and individual sites with folders holding a maximum of five individual sites.
FAQs
Enhanced History and My Routine Terms of Service
Use Enhanced History
Use My Routine
Turn on Enhanced History and My Routine
Turn off Enhanced History and My Routine
My Routine is not visible when I first turn it on
Change the number of sites displayed in the My Routine window
Delete an individual My Routine site
Clear all My Routine sites
Enhanced History and My Routine Terms of Service
Enhanced History is a feature that conveniently remembers and lists for you the last 300 places you have visited online. My Routine remembers and lists for you the places that you visit most often so that you can easily get back to them. Both features allow you to access this information wherever you use the AOL service.
In order to provide you with these features, AOL collects and stores information about where you have navigated on the AOL service and on the Internet during the preceding month. By activating these features, you authorize AOL to store this navigational information in connection with the use of your AOL screen name. The navigational history information used to provide you the Enhanced History and My Routine features is maintained on an ongoing basis for one month, and is not used by AOL for any other purpose. In order to provide you with these features immediately upon activation, AOL also imports any available navigation history data stored in your AOL browser to populate Enhanced History and My Routine. You will then be able to access the sites listed in your Enhanced History and My Routine lists from any computer, including when you use your screen name to log in as a guest.
Other Information:
Your use of the AOL service is generally subject to the AOL® Terms of Service (available at AOL Keyword: TOS. These terms apply to your use of the Personalize AOL Features and supplement the AOL TOS.
If you terminate your AOL Membership, AOL deletes the information collected in connection of these features. AOL will release information relating to your use of these features only as authorized by law, or in special cases such as a physical threat to you or others.
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Use Enhanced History
You can clear or edit the information contained in the Enhanced History or My Routine features.
To revisit Enhanced History:
1. Click the down arrow to the right of the text field on the Navigation bar. A drop-down menu displays a list of the last 300 AOL areas or Web pages you have visited.
2. Scroll through the My History list, and then click the site you wish to revisit.
Use My Routine
You can clear or edit the information contained in the Enhanced History or My Routine features. You can also opt out of this feature at any time by visiting AOL® Keyword: Personalize AOL (This keyword can be accessed only through the AOL® software), or by clicking the Settings button on the My Routine form. When you opt out, AOL deletes the navigation information gathered in connection with your use of these features.
To revisit My Routine:
1. On the AOL toolbar, click the Favorites button.
2. In the My Routine section, double-click the site you wish to revisit.
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Turn on Enhanced History and My Routine
My Routine or Enhanced History cannot be turned on or off individually.
To turn on the Enhanced History and My Routine feature:
1. Go to AOL Keyword: Personalize AOL. This keyword can be accessed only through the AOL software.
2. Under Enhanced History and My Routine is:, select On option.
3. Click Save.
Turn off Enhanced History and My Routine
My Routine or Enhanced History cannot be turned on or off individually.
To turn off the Enhanced History and My Routine feature:
1. Go to AOL Keyword: Personalize AOL. This keyword can be accessed only through the AOL software.
2. Under Enhanced History and My Routine is:, select Off option.
3. Click Save.
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My Routine is not visible when I first turn it on
Since My Routine saves the sites you visit most often, if you don't have any history saved, the My Routine list will begin to fill once you start browsing AOL or the Internet. The more you browse over time, the My Routine list will become 'smarter' and will only show the sites you visit most often.
Change the number of sites displayed in the My Routine window
If you already have sites saved in your History list, My Routine will use this History to fill the My Routine window. If you don't have any History saved, the My Routine list will begin to fill once you start browsing AOL or the Internet. The more you browse over time, the My Routine list will become 'smarter' and will only show the sites you visit most often.
To change the number of sites that are displayed in the My Routine window:
1. Go to AOL Keyword: My Routine. This keyword can be accessed only through the AOL software.
2. At the bottom of the Personalize AOL Settings window, you can select 5, 10, or 15 sites from the drop-down menu.
3. Click Save.
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Delete an individual My Routine site
Once you delete a site, your next most visited site will enter the menu. You have the option to clear all of your My Routine sites.
To delete a My Routine site:
1. On the AOL toolbar click the Favorites button.
2. In the My Routine section select the site you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.
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Clear all My Routine sites
If you clear all your sites, your list will remain empty until you begin navigating AOL and the Internet again.
To clear all your My Routine sites:
1. On the AOL toolbar click the Favorites button.
2. In the My Routine section click Clear All.
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