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.
2006-10-06 01:50:21
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answered by Anonymous
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If you are using windows XP go to Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections, Internet Options, and Delete Files, Delete Cookies, and Clear History. If you do all those, it will clear out everything that gets left on your PC from websites. No program is going to do any more than that. The only other protection you can get is spyware protection, you should have that whether you are buying online or not. Besides, you just have to make sure the sites you are going to are secure because even if you delete the info off your PC, hackers can get it while you are doing it, or from the companies PC. So you just have to be careful of where you put your info in at, and just make sure to change your passwords to all related financial accounts frequently and keep a close eye on financial activity at you bank and on your credits cards. And have fun.
2006-10-05 10:50:34
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answered by Laura 5
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Microsoft has a program that can automatically delete all temporary Internet files, cookies, and history files when it is installed and executed. The program was developed to programmatically clear these files when a corrupt entry caused errors with Internet Explorer.
You can download this by visiting:
Clear Cache Feature for Internet Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5cbd4659-3b28-4801-8729-05335902ce79&DisplayLang=en
2006-10-05 10:57:28
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answered by Tetey 2
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circulate your cursor over the precise of the internet icon your significant internet site the place all your short cuts on your countless courses are listed. proper click on the shortcut for cyber web icon. A menu would be displayed. the 2d merchandise would be "cyber web residences. Left click on "cyber web residences" an yet another menu will arise. pass all the way down to the Heading categorised " surfing background" opt for "delete" and a itemizing will arise. the key Heading will say Delete surfing background contained in the blue backround. circulate you cursor all the way down to the 0.33 block on the superb categorised " Delete background". you will opt for Delete background. yet another menu will pop up and ask you're you optimistic you desire to delete background of cyber web web pages visited and decide confident and your background would be bumped off. you will see contained in the backround a cousor working in a container fro proper to left in basic terms signifing that your background is being ersaed. Then Selet close on the backside while the functionality has carried out. Then opt for ok on the backside of the subsequent show screen. All off your background would be erased. good success.
2016-10-01 23:44:41
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answered by armiso 4
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Go here and download CCleaner. It is free and very good at cleaning out your computer. I prefer to use the built in cleaning in XP.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
2006-10-05 11:01:57
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answered by Anonymous
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Go to:
my computer>C drive>Documents & Settings>Local Settings or cookies, and you can delete stuff out of there also.
2006-10-05 10:38:37
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answered by BlueEyes 2
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http://www.ccleaner.com
2006-10-05 17:36:32
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answered by Anonymous
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