How do you delete the entries that come up in the search engine bar?

July 24, 2008 on 2:24 am | By advertising | In search engine |

My google search engine bar and my address bar save everything I type into them (search terms and web addresses) so that if I type something beginning with the same letter again, the old ones pop up.

This can be convenient, but some of them contain typos, or are old, or are personal, etc….

So how can I delete them, and stop the computer doing this?

Thanks so much for any advice - this has been irritating me for so long!! ;~)

Stef

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  1. hit the clear history link in the pop up menu

    Comment by Back W — July 24, 2008 #

  2. you typed in playboy didnt you lol?
    no but if you use internet exporer
    go to tools…then internet options
    then clear history and seach items

    Comment by ☆~A.s.B.a.T~ ☆ — July 24, 2008 #

  3. Hmm….you did not say which browser you are using.
    In Internet Explorer go to Tools / Internet Options and under the "browsing histor" section click "delete"
    When prompted, select "delete all".

    Done.

    Comment by schwaggville — July 24, 2008 #

  4. Not sure about the google search bar but for your address bar, if you have explorer, click Tools >> Internet Options >> Clear History. If that doesn't do it, go through the same thing and instead of Clear History click on Delete Files.

    Comment by lulusmiley2000 — July 24, 2008 #

  5. Not sure which browser you're using but in Firefox you just go to tools - clear private data and check "Saved form and Search history."

    Comment by Meisha H — July 24, 2008 #

  6. You have to delete all the history. Go to Tools, then scroll down to internet options, then hit delete under browsing history.

    Comment by Amanda is 31 weeks along — July 24, 2008 #

  7. On the search and adress bar start typing when the option you want to delete comes up use your arrow keys to select it and press the delete button on your keyboard

    Comment by Bomar — July 24, 2008 #

  8. if you r using firefox internet browser Open the firefoc and go to tools and click on Options, click on privacy and look under the history section and u'll see something like "Remember everything that i type" and you'll have to disable this by clicking on the check box and make sure that u have unchecked it….and ur set to go….that's if u have firefox as ur internet browser; which i srtongly incourage people to download. well i hope i helped you out and hope that my answer is chosen as the best answer. take care, need more help just contact me.

    Comment by Bling Bling — July 24, 2008 #

  9. Ctrl-H should bring up the History thing.
    All the other answers nailed it, sorta.
    In most all browsers you can adjust or select the number of days to keep files in the history folder. By default this is normally set at 20 days.
    I have found that 3 days is more than enough. By setting the History Files to be kept for 3 days then purged by the system will help increase performance and reduce clutter.
    On most browsers the history folder is found in C: Programs/<name of browser>/user/usr. But check at the makers browser site to be certain of these and do it correctly.
    If using IE6/7
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/quickref.mspx
    Delete cookies, passwords, form data, history, and temporary Internet filesTools > Delete Browsing History
    Mozilla on OS_X or something:
    http://browsers.about.com/od/fire3/ss/firefoxhistory_9.htm
    This yutoob video may apply to what you are asking:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19mw79B-REM
    Is kinda basic, but can seem a daunting task once it has been thoroughly looked at.

    Comment by Lawn Gnome — July 24, 2008 #

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