How do I clear the search history in the Search box on the Yahoo home page?

Answer 1

Set cursor to the serach box, press Down arrow key, highlite unwanted word using Up and Down arrows and then press Del.

Answer 2

To clear search history, on the Yahoo! toolbar, click the pencil icon next to the search box, then choose Clear Recent Searches from the drop down.

Answer 3

click on the area to jot down a note ( left click one time ) all of your historic previous will comeup then flow your cursor to the first note or challenge you search for on yahoo yet DONT click it receives highlited black then click delete untill all are deleted ... if it is going to quit earlier do in simple terms it again

Answer 4

Go to "Tools" then scroll down to "Internet Options" click "Content" and then look down until you see "AutoComplete", click that and click all of the boxes until they are not checked anymore, then click "OK", then all of the sites should be erased from the search engine.

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. To disable your history set it up so "days to keep history" equals zero.

◙ 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 6

What pencil icon?

Answer 7

try deleting it.