is there any way to erase search histories from websites that have been visited?

Question

you type one letter and it shows you the searches starting with that letter....how do you take them off?

Answer 1

Open internet explorer

Go to: Tools > Internet Options > Content Tab > Auto Complete > Clear Forms (click)

click yes

you are done





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Answer 2

In the control panel, "Internet Options" folder, you'll find the 'History, temp files, and temporary Internet files folder. Go into each one and just delete the cookies that you want removed. It's just that easy. Your history folder defaults to 20 days which is actually too many days to be saving. It should probably be set to save 3 days or so, which would make it a lot easier to manage. If you'll take time to look around on the computer, you'll find "Temp files, Temporary Internet files, History files, and cookies. They'll each be in their own folders and all of them will contain cookies from all of the sites that have been visited and any of them can be deleted at any time. Hope this info helps, Larry

Answer 3

Click:



Tools>Internet Options>



Delete Cookies and Delete Files.



This gets rid of all the stored info your computer holds on websites you have visited.



If you want to delete the history in your main address bar - click on Delete History.

Answer 4

If you are in Firefox, you can right click on the search box on the top right and there should be a button that says "Clear Search History"



Been up to no good eh?

Answer 5

hard to say exactly without knowing the specific browser you are using but they're all basically the same in handling that...go to your browser's preferences and look for the privacy settings. There should be something called "Save Form Data" or something similar where you can clear that and turn it off so that it doesn't save it anymore. That should do it for you, hopefully.

Answer 6

You need to go to the tools option, then go to intenet options,click on the delete files,delete cookies,and clear history .

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

go to tools, internet options and in teh advanced options and uncheck auto complete. it should be under underlined links ifyou use internet explorer. you can erase previous ones by going to control panel, preformance and maintenance(in windows) then the option to clear up space on your computer.

Answer 9

go to tools then internet options then delete temporary internet files and clear history.. i delete the cookies too..

Answer 10

go into your internet web options and clear history

Answer 11

erase the histiory and cookies

Answer 12

Delete temporary files. I dont know for sure, but its my guess.

Answer 13

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.