delete search history?

Answer 1

Please follow this path. Tools> internet options> content> auto complete> clear forms. To stop the generation of history in the yahoo search bar, uncheck the box of forms. It will solve ur problem

Answer 2

DELETING SEARCH HISTORY

Interenet Explorer --

EASY and Quick -- You should do this often

- TOOLS / INTERNET OPTIONS

- On the GENERAL Tab, click the 'Clear History' Button in the 'History' section

- Hint 1: While you're there, you might want to look at the second section entitled 'Temporary Internet Files'. I routinely click on 'Delete Cookies' ... more on Cookies later.

- Hint 2: You might want to click the 'Delete Files' button too -- Ensure that you delete all Off-Line Content. Note that the more stored web-pages you have the longer this will take. If it takes a few minutes to do, you should have done this a long time ago.

- Hint 3: Do this every month or so, depending on how much surfing you do or if you find yourself on a page of dubious content

- Hint 4: Click the settings button and set "Check for newer versions of stored pages:" to "Every visit to the page". Not doing this will essentially read the page from your hard drive instead of the website and you will not see the latest changes.

- Hint 5: The amount of disk space to use for stored pages should be relatively small -- figure less than 10% of your total drive space (i.e. 10% of a 40GB drive is about 4GB or 4,096MB). Just a rule of thumb, but that's still a LOT of web pages. I spend lots of time on the internet surfing all over the place -- Mine is set at 300MB and I have almost a terabyte of disk space.

- On the CONTENT Tab, click the AUTO COMPLETE button. Click the "Clear Forms" button. This will delete the stuff that you've previously typed into various web-pages.

GOOGLE AND OTHERS

This is a great source:

http://www.searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2165181


COOKIES and OFF-LINE CONTENT

Cookies are small files left on your computer by web-pages to record little things. They are not all bad. When you key in your zip code on Yahoo Weather on the home page and say "Save this" -- it does -- in a little Cookie File. This way, the next time you visit the site, it 'remembers' your zip code. Fantastic !

Banking sites remember your passwords, your account numbers ... Great ? Would you like a copy of your bank account number posted on the internet ? It can be arranged !

The point is not to be too afraid, but to be responsible. It's far easier to retype your zip code later than to have all of this junk building up on your computer.

ONCE A MONTH OR SO INTERNET HISTORY TO DO LIST --

1. Delete your history, delete your cookies. Delete your off-line content.
2. Empty your Recycle Bin
3. Run Disk Defragmenter ( Start / Programs / Accesories / System Tools / Disk Defragmenter)

This will take a while. You should close EVERYTHING down and leave the computer alone for the 5-30 minutes this takes. It's a good thing to do before you go to bed or before you leave for work.

You should perform the above steps approximately monthly or more frequently.

VIRUS STUFF AND SEARCH HISTORIES / COOKIES

Never, ever update your anti-virus definitions before you clear out your computer as per above.

It's also a very good thing NOT to rely too much on automatic updates ... Sometimes, again, about once a month or so, you'll want to MANUALLY update your virus defintions. If something isn't right, you'll have at least an opportunity to see that it isn't. Too many times, people believe that their defintions are being kept current, when it's simply been bombing/crashing in the middle of the night and exiting without doing anything.

SPYWARE / ADWARE

Nasty stuff. Creeps in everywhere. There are a number of free utilities available. I encourage you to try them and throw a few bucks their way for the registered version if you, like I have, found them to be worth their weight in gold.

FYI: Many Spyware programs can't survive very long on a clean history ...

You can Google or Yahoo search for them:

Spybot and Spyware Blaster

Ad-Aware by Lava Soft

Hi-Jack This !

Your choice of Anti-Virus software is up to you. I'm a Norton man myself, but McAfee and some others are tolerable. Sometimes, if you're not the biggest dog in the yard, it might be well advised to have the resources of the biggest Anti-Virus giant out there.

There are a number of free utiilities for managing your Cookies, Temp Folders, and such at:

http://www.iamnotageek.com

Some really great utilities on this site include "System Clean Up", "What's Running" and "Empty Temp Folders" among others. I use a combination of all of these as some will catch things that other's don't.

This is worth a look -- You can learn a lot there.

SO ONCE A MONTH -- PAY A LITTLE ATTENTION TO YOUR PC !

Answer 3

I clean my disk every day, defrag once a week, run a spam cleaner every morning, and clear my search history every 3 days. I work in a law office and I need to know that my computer is secure. Doing this for 4 1/2 years, no problems and no breakdowns yet. also got DOD grade frag washer (called window washer) and do it religiously every afternoon.

Answer 4

To delete your History. You have to Right click on your internet explorer. then go to properties. From there you will see items that will let you delete your history items, delete cookies, and delete files that you do not need. I hope this helps.

Answer 5

Go to tools at the top of your screen and then internet options. Then go to clear history.

Answer 6

Go to tools at the top of your screen and then internet options. Then go to clear history.

Answer 7

Internet Explorer -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Clear History

I think I have ever answered this question once :(

Answer 8

and if you're using Firefox then Tools -> Options -> Privacy and then click "Clear Browsing History Now"

Answer 9

The answer above from Raju is the very best.

Answer 10

tools

internet options

General

Clear History

clear temperary internet folder

Delete cookies