How do you clear out your search engine?

Question

How do you clear out your search engine?

Answer 1

There are other ways, but the directions will be different depending on which browser you're using. This works no matter which browser you are using. If you want to clear the searches from the search box menu on Yahoo or Google pages, double click the search box, this will make a menu drop down with your searches, put your cursor on what you want to delete to highlight it, hit the delete button on your keyboard. If you want to delete everything just hold the delete button down until everything is deleted.

If you want to clear the search history and disable the feature entirely so none of your searches are saved, do the following:

Internet Explorer 6

To clear the search box history on Yahoo! and Google pages > on Internet Explorer toolbar click Tools > Internet Options > Content tab > under Personal information, click the AutoComplete box, on the AutoComplete Settings window click the Clear Forms box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the Forms box to permanently stop the generation of the search history, click OK.

Internet Explorer 7

To clear the search box history on Yahoo! and Google pages > on Internet Explorer toolbar click Tools > Internet Options > on the General tab under Browsing History, click Delete > in the dialogue window that opens click Delete Forms > click Apply and OK.

On Internet Explorer 7, to stop the generation of the search box history on Yahoo! and Google pages,click Tools > Internet Options > Content tab > under AutoComplete, click Settings and uncheck the Forms box > click OK.

To clear the searches on Yahoo Toolbar:

If you have the older Yahoo! Toolbar, click the pencil icon beside the search box and click Clear Recent Searches.

If you have the the new Yahoo! Toolbar, click the Settings (avatar) button located next to the Bookmarks Button and click Clear Recent Searches.

Answer 2

I use Foxfire and I go to tools, then clear private data.  That takes care of the history.  You can also go into control panel, internet properties, general tab, browsing history, and if you go to the bottom, there will be a place to set how many days to keep a list of websites you have visited.  With Foxfire, I set it to zero days.  I couldn't figure out how to set it for less than one day on IE though.  Foxfire also has a setting somewhere, can't remember where off hand that you can clear your history every time you exit.  I can find it and let you know if you like.  Good luck!

Answer 3

go empty all your folders. Cookies,temps,Temporary Internet Files

then empty out your recycle bin..and the last thing go to the top of your browser and go to tools and look for opts and delete all your history as well and thing that you can remove..then after all of that reboot and see if that helped

Answer 4

Go under the hood and tinker around inside

Answer 5

Click tools above and enter inet options. Use the clear history tab.