How do I clean my computer of old gunk that I don't need? like searches...old researches?

I have old research that I have looked up on my computer. I have inquiries, and junk on my hard drive. How do I clean my dell laptop to get rid of all this old junk, and keep the stuff the that I need?

2009-10-28T07:07:13Z

Uhmm, someone sent me an answer and assumed I knew what he was talking about. The tools on my laptop are roxio that deals with my writing, editing, burning, cd's. Where do you go to, to get to tools, what tools do you mean, and then where do you go to for click on delete browsing history. I am not that computer literate so I could not work with that answer, sorry

2009-10-28T10:12:35Z

Ok....people keep sending me answers and keep assuming I know what they are talking about...I DO NOT where/how to find tools, and someone else told me to go to my "finder". I DO NOT know where or what a finder is. Can someone please answer this question and start from a step 1,2,3 directive so that I can follow the steps and not assume that I know what yall are talking about because I haven't a clue.

.2009-10-28T08:21:57Z

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yea- or you can just open your finder and search for cookies, or internet folder, or internet history.
click it.
it will open a big folder.

highlight everything in it-
either on your keyboard hold down 'ctrl' and 'a' keys at the same to highlight it all,
or click on the top thing shown in the folder, then holding down the shift key (on the left- along from z), scoll down until you reach the bottom,a nd click delete on the right of your keybd.

or there will be a delete files option- its also an idea to set your history folder- when youve found it- to only keep stuff for a week or so...
try tools, at the top of internet exploerer.

robert C2009-10-27T23:12:07Z

go to tools and click on "delete browsing history;
click temporary internet files, cookies, and history
that should clean it up a bit