a:visited, how long is visited?

how long do links appear "visited"

[ElectricMan]

In developing my site I've set up the LoVeHAte (a:link, a:visited, etc.) relationship properly for links, but once I've clicked a link to another html page on the site, or to another site, it remains forever colored as "visited", even when I come back several days later. I'm using IE7 and haven't yet checked under other browsers (I'll be doing that shortly), but does anyone know of a way to reset the links so they no longer appear visited:

1. in IE7?
2. in HTML?

Is there some time frame in which they automatically reset so they don't appear "visited" when I first open the browser?

I've noticed that simple page jumps reset the next time the browser is opened.

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

In IE7 there is a "days to keep pages in history" setting under Tools > Internet Options > General > Browsing History/Settings. I have this set to zero, which means that the next day they revert to "not visited".

I don't think there is any way of doing an instant, "manual reset" on this.

[topr8]

as long as the 'visited' page is in the browser cache, it will show as visited, every browser has a way of emptying the cache - as BeeDeeDubbleU showed above

[sonjay]

The Firefox Developer's Toolbar extension has menu items to set all links visited or unvisited.

[ElectricMan]

Thanks all. Very helpful.