Can you stop the search function on Windows from saving all your queries?

Question

You know how you go to start > search > for files and folders... is there any way to keep that from storing the things you searched for? Is there a way where you can delete all the previous searches with a single click? I know you can delete them one by one, but If anybody knew of an easier way, I would really like to know about it. Thanks!

Answer 1

there is no way to do that. all you can do is clean it out ow and then

★★ 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 history 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 2

One of three things: 1. Go to tools>internet options>delete cookies and clear history. 2. On your IE toolbar click on the green arrow circle next to 'search' and 'favorites' Or press Control then H. Your history should pop up. Highlight the listing you want removed by dragging the mouse on top of it, right click, select delete and it should delete it. 3. (All on Yahoo Answers) Go to all categories. Then go to Yahoo products at end of the list. Then go to Yahoo search. Then find a question that explains “How to clear the Yahoo History’. You should find your answer there. Good Luck! MJ

Answer 3

Go to tools - internet options - view files - select all - delete! Then go to the history - and say do not keep history.....for 0 days.