2006-09-30 10:33:19 · 10 answers · asked by magician97001 1 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
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.
2006-10-01 13:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deleting the cookies and history in the browsers, Internet options, just takes care of the browswer. Yahoo is a different story.
USe a different internet search and avoid Yahoo is you are worried about Yahoo.
2006-09-30 13:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by rideitmark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed go to tools and you can delete history as stated above. You can also (as stated in above answers) delete cookies and files, including off line files. I do this every time I leave the Internet. You can also set how long you want to keep that history stuff. You'll see that in same window under tools.
Also, to keep your computer 'clean' install "CCleaner". I also run this every time I leave the computer (turn it off). You could get a few birds with one stone here since it will also erase your history for you.
2006-09-30 11:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by teachr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have done this. Go to history, the circle with clock like arrow, click on tools , select internet options, delete cookies,files and then history, x out history box. Works great for deleting naughty sites.
2006-09-30 10:51:14 · answer #4 · answered by Babydoll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can delete the history of search bar on ur homepage (whatever it is either Yahoo! or Google) by following this path. Tools> internet options> content> auto complete> clear forms. To stop the generation of history uncheck the box of forms.
You can delete the search history on ur yahoo toolbar this way. click the arrow in the search box. Select options, click clear history. Follow this path also. Pencil> toolbar options> uncheck the boxes of enable auto complete and enable history> ok.
To delete address bar history, follow this path. Tools> internet options> general > clear history > set the number of days to zero> ok.
http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=465 On this link you will get the information how to delete search history if you have Mozilla or Safari as your Internet browser also.
To know more please visit the following links.
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/indexing/indexing-13.html
http://search.msn.com.my/docs/siteowner.aspx?t=SEARCH_WEBMASTER_REF_RemoveSite.htm
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/toolbar/basics/toolbar-10.html
You can learn about how to protect your privacy on the internet by visiting the following link
http://www.amicutilities.com/privacy-guard/
If any time you feel like to recover deleted history in windows, you can learn that by visiting the following link
http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Deleted-History-in-Windows
It will solve your all search related problems.
2006-10-01 04:16:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
click on tools at the top then into Internet options..then click delete files..delete cooks and delete history that will erase it all
2006-09-30 13:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by babyblue_670 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
delete history on sites visited in internet options in tools.
2006-09-30 10:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to internet options and delete cookies.
2006-09-30 10:44:38 · answer #8 · answered by davemo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
2006-09-30 10:37:10 · answer #9 · answered by Jae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reinstall it.....i think thats the only way
2006-09-30 10:34:50 · answer #10 · answered by SaY wHaT >? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋