Deleting History...?

Question

What do you do if you accidentally typed something bad or a bad word while seraching for something like a video/music/pictures and you dont want it to maybe be seen by anybody. How do you delet your searching history. Not your internet history. but your... let me explain what i did....
1.clicked start
2. clicked on search where you can search stuff like videos/pictures and all your documents.
3. and when i accidentally typed in something bad and now when you type the first letter of that word then it comes up ... anybody understand?!! please help pleeease!!!

Answer 1

for windows search
not internet search...correct
if for windows...


run search agaIN AND SEARCH IN HIDDEN FOLDERS AND FILES ALSO AND LOOK FOR
index.dat, those are files that keep ya search history
you can open these files with note pad and delete all info on them,
*to open with notepad right click and select open with and then select notepad*
(most of the info is unintelligable anyways) , select alll and delete, that'lll overwrite them, then save
but DO NOT delete them just overwrite them and leave them blank., that way they'll still be able to store new history.


for internet,
the people above me have you covered

Answer 2

Your busted! You have the AutoComplete feature turned on.

1. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2. Click the Content tab.
3. Click AutoComplete.
4. Click the appropriate AutoComplete check boxes, or click Clear Forms or Clear Passwords to clear all saved items from the appropriate AutoComplete history.
5. Click OK, and then click OK.

Answer 3

Okay, go to your internet browser, then go to your options.

Go to Tools --> Internet Options --> Delete Cookies

Then click Delete Files

It should delete everything.

Answer 4

Click my computer, right click your main hard drive (usually C:) select properties, press disk clean up, tick most or all options that seem relevant then press ok then yes.

for ie7 go to tools/options, browsing history, delete, delete all

Answer 5

you can go to :
tools -> internet options-> clear history
that would clear whatever has been typed by you.

Answer 6

the best way is to download crap cleaner http://ccleaner.com/ seriously that's the name. :)

Answer 7

accedently yeah right.