How do I clear the browser's history?

Answer 1

How do I delete the drop-down list of my past searches?

You can clear your Google search history from the Google search box, the Google Toolbar, or your browser. We've included instructions for all three methods below.

CLEARING YOUR GOOGLE SEARCH BOX HISTORY

The search history that displays in the search box on the Google homepage is stored by your browser, not by Google. Instructions appear below for disabling this search history in common browsers. If your browser isn't listed, we suggest consulting its online support center.

Microsoft Internet Explorer
1. Go to the "Tools" menu.
2. Select "Internet Options" and the "Content" tab.
3. Within the "Personal information" area, select "AutoComplete."
4. Click on "Clear Forms." You can also un-check the "Forms" box in this window to keep this information from being stored in the future.
5. Click "OK" to exit.

Alternatively, you can delete individual entries from your search history by using the Down arrow key to highlight a previous search, then pressing the Delete key once.

MSN
If you're using the Microsoft Network (MSN), changes made in Internet Explorer (IE) will take effect in your MSN browser. After making changes in IE, you'll need to sign out of and back into MSN for the changes to take effect.

Mozilla Firefox
1. Go to the "Tools" menu.
2. Select "Options" > "Privacy" > "Saved Form Information."
3. Click "Clear" and un-check the box.
4. Click "OK" to exit.

Safari
1. Go to the "Safari" menu and select "Preferences."
2. From the menus that pop up, select "Autofill."
3. Go to "Other forms" line and select the "Edit" button.
4. From the list of sites for which AutoFill is currently being applied, select "Google.com" > "Remove" > "Done."

CLEARING YOUR GOOGLE TOOLBAR HISTORY

To clear your search history from the drop-down text box on the Google Toolbar:

1. Click on the Google logo on the Toolbar to access the drop-down menu.
2. Select the "Clear Search History" option.

If you'd like to completely disable your Toolbar's search history, please click the "Options" button on your Toolbar and un-check the box next to "Drop-down search history."

If you have Google Toolbar 4.0 installed, you can clear your Toolbar's search history by starting to enter a search term in your Toolbar's search box. When your drop-down search history appears, simply click the "Clear History" link.

Please note that this only clears the search history from the Google Toolbar, which is entirely separate from the search history stored by your browser.

If you've followed these steps and information still appears in your Toolbar search box as you type, please visit http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=45847 for additional assistance.

CLEARING YOUR BROWSER HISTORY

Like your Google search box history, the search history that displays in the address bar on the Google homepage is stored by your browser, not by Google. Instructions appear below for clearing and/or disabling your search history in common browsers. If your browser isn't listed, we suggest consulting its online support center.

Microsoft Internet Explorer
1. Go to the "Tools" menu.
2. Select "Internet Options" and the "General" tab.
3. Click the "Clear History" button. To completely disable the history function, set "Days to keep pages in history" to zero ("0").
4. Click "OK" to exit.

MSN
If you're using the Microsoft Network (MSN), changes made in Internet Explorer (IE) will take effect in your MSN browser. After making changes in IE, you'll need to sign out of and back into MSN for the changes to take effect.

Mozilla Firefox
1. Go to the "Tools" menu.
2. Select "Options" > "Privacy" > "History."
3. Click on "Clear." To completely disable the history function, set "Remember visited pages for the last X days" to zero ("0").
4. Click "OK" to exit.

Safari
1. Click "History" on the top menu.
2. Click "Clear History" at the bottom of the menu.

Answer 2

Want to make sure nobody can snoop and see where you've been on the Internet? You can erase all evidence so they won't be able to tell.

These instructions will work for all browsers you use in Windows.


Steps:
1. Click Start on the desktop.

2. Go to Settings.

3. Click Control Panel.

4. Double-click Internet Options.

5. Make sure the General tab is selected.

6. Click Clear History in the History box.

7. Click OK when it asks if you want to delete all items in your history folder.

8. Click OK at the bottom of the General box to exit.

Tips:
On a Macintosh, look for command names like Preferences, Internet Options, or Settings and options like Clear or Delete History.

Answer 3

Hi. In Firefox, tools, options, privacy, history, clear. A shortcut is "cntr + shift + delete"

Answer 4

if the options bar (document, edit, view, favorites, and so on.) would not educate now on your internet web page, hit the alt button and this is going to pop up. then, bypass to techniques, then internet thoughts, then between the flaws that pops up will say surfing history, then hit delete surfing history. also, once you hit techniques, there might want to be delete surfing history on the record that pops up, so u can hit that 4 a lot less steps.

Answer 5

tools>Internet options>clear history

Answer 6

You go to "Tools", then "Internet Options", then "Clear History"

Answer 7

It matters wht browser u using if u r using firefox press ctrl+alt+del

Answer 8

in internet explorer go to tools menu internet options and hit delete temporary files. In firefox go to tools menu security and hit empty cache. In safara hit safari menue and hit empty cache, hope this helps

Answer 9

open windows explorer....click tools...options and clear history..

or disk cleanup.

hope it helps x

Answer 10

corridor8 is right
in your internet window look for tools
click on it, select internet tools
and there you can do what you want