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How to you clear the search toolbar of the sites youve been searching?

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my brother and i share a computer, and everytime i go to search something, the nasty sites hes been looking at come up as a suggested search?? how do i clear the search bar of these sites-im so scared someone is going to hop on our computer to look up something and something else comes upp!!

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  1. To delete all browsing history

    In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Delete Browsing History.

    Click Delete all, and then click Yes.

    To delete a specific category of browsing history

    In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Delete Browsing History.

    Click the Delete button next to the category of information you want to delete, click Yes, and then click Close.

    To Clear Search History, Cookies, and Temporary Files:

    If you have Windows IE6 browser:

    Tools>Internet Options

    At the General tab, in the Temporary Internet file>Delete Cookies>OK>Delete File>Delete all offline >OK

    History>Clear History>Yes

    To Disable AutoComplete in Windows IE6 browser:

    Tools>Internet Options>Content [tab]

    at Personal information' section

    click Personal information>Use AutoComplete>uncheck all boxes >Clear Forms>Clear Passwords>OK

    If you have Yahoo Toolbar click on the edit button to disable the AutoComplete function.

    Mozilla Firefox:

    open the Firefox browser.

    from the Firefox menu, select Tools

    select Options

    click Privacy

    click Saved Forms

    click Settings

    select all options in the Clear Private Data window

    click OK

    click Clear Saved Form Data Now

    uncheck Save information I enter in forms and the Search Bar

    click OK


  2. It depends on the browser you're using but on mine I select

    tools < internet options< browsing history and then I delete all my cookies, temp internet files and saved passwords

    Hope that gives you some type of help :)

  3. Down load : CCleaner, its free & set it to clean up the mess every time YOU log on. It has everything you'll need.

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