How do I delete previous searches that keep showing up on my search bar?

Question

Everytime I use my search bar old searches are there and it is becoming somewhat tedious to have them keep popping up. How do I delete previous searches?

Answer 1

Okay the way I do it is:

I'll type the alphabets in order. Cursor is in search window: type "a" arrow down (item is highlighted) and hit delete. Continue to use arrows, up or down highlighting and deleting each individually. Then once done with "a's" I backspace and type "b" and arrow down, highlight and delete and so forth and so on through the whole alphabet.

If there's another way, I am not aware. Doing "tools, internet options, clear history" does NOT do it for me.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The record of search history which appears in the search box on Yahoo! and all other search sites is actually a feature controlled by your browser, not Yahoo! or the search site. Clearing history or cookies will not remove the search history. Clearing history only removes the history of sites visited not searches. If you have Internet Explorer as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below: 1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Internet Explorer. 2. Select 'Internet Options', then select the 'Content' tab. 3. Under Personal information, click on the 'AutoComplete' box. On the AutoComplete Settings window you can click the 'Clear Forms' box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the Forms box to permanently stop the generation of the search history. A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'delete' key while the item is highlighted. If you have Firefox as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below: 1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Firefox. 2. Select 'Options', then select the 'Privacy' button, and then the 'Saved Forms' tab. In the window you can click the 'Clear Saved Form Data Now' box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the "Save Information' box to permanently stop the generation of the search history. A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'shift delete' key while the item is highlighted.

Answer 3

i'm not sure exactly what you mean, but i assume you're talking about the URL bar at the top? where you type in the web address? if so, (assuming you're using internet explorer or something similar) go ingo tools, options (or internet options) and find history (it should be on that first window, but it might have its own bar, depending on what version you have) you then should see a "clear history" button. click it and all those pesky website are cleaned out! you can also re-set the time it takes to automatically clean it out, if you'd like, so you dont have to do it manually

Answer 4

Right click on your internet explorer icon on your desktop, and click on the properties tab. Under properties click on delete cookies, and delete your history, your cookies, and your temporary internet files. It will erase all of the past sites you have visited.

Answer 5

★★ CLEAR HISTORY ★★

◙ TIP: IF YOU ARE TRYING TO HIDE YOUR WEB TRAVELS, DELETING YOUR WEB HISTORY WON'T DO YOU ANY GOOD. ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DELETED CAN BE UNDELTED. SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESSAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

◙ Internet Explorer 6.0 or older versions
1. To clear SINGLE history items. Press CTRL+H to open the History Panel. Move your cursor over the one you want and click your right mouse button. When the menu appears click on DELETE.
2. To clear EVERY history item. Go to TOOLS > INTERNET OPTIONS > GENERAL TAB > CLEAR HISTORY BUTTON

◙ Firefox
1. To clear SINGLE history items. Press CTRL+H to view the history list. Then choose a chronological or alphabetical hierarchy in the View menu (the default is chronological, from most recent to oldest). Now browse to the domain, date, or page you want to expunge, right-click it, and choose Delete. Click the red X in the top-left corner to close the History pane.
2. To clear EVERY history item. Go to Tools > Options and click the "Privacy" tab. Click the + next to "History" to expand it. Just hit the "Clear" button.
3. To delete Firefox's entire record of your browsing activity, choose Tools > Options > Privacy > History > Clear Browsing History Now (this dialog box also lets you set the number of days your history is recorded). Click OK when you're finished. To clear the browser's history of your file downloads, press -J to open the Downloads window and click Clean Up. Firefox clears the download history automatically if you choose Tools > Options > Privacy > Download History and select either Upon successful download or When Firefox exits in the drop-down menu next to 'Remove files from the Download Manager'.

◙ Opera
1. To clear SINGLE history items. Press CTRL+ALT+H to view the histpry list. Find a history entry and right click it and choose DELETE.
2. To erase all entries from the History list, choose Tools > Preferences > Advanced > History, and click Clear next to 'Visited addresses'. To wipe out the browser's download history, press --T, right-click a downloaded file, and click either Remove transfer or Remove all finished (to clear all completed downloads from the list).

◙ Privacy Guard--Very important! Read Everything here.
http://www.amicutilities.com/privacy-guard/

★★ CLEAR HISTORY IN TOOLBARS ★★

◙ Yahoo Toolbar
☞ http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/toolbar/toolbar-10.html

◙ Google Toolbar
☞ http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/answer.py?answer=9271

◙ Many software products have HISTORY in them. Read about them here.
☞ http://www.milincorporated.com/a-delete-history.html

◙ HOW TO RECOVER DELETED HISTORY IN WINDOWS
☞ http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Deleted-History-in-Windows

Answer 6

this is what I use http://ccleaner.com/ its free and easy to use. 2 clicks and you're done

Answer 7

i uderstand wat ya mean..go to the searches N click on the word press Del.. key.