I want to stop old searches from popping up in my search box?

Question

when I start to enter letters in the search box, a list of my prevous searches appears. i want to stop that from happing

Answer 1

Well that does pose a problem, your mother might see the dirty searching you have been doing. Fear not though it is as simple as throwing your computer through the window and busting it in the street. Either that or you can do the fallowing: If you are on the new version of Internet Explorer you look for a button that says "Tools" with a weird gear symbol. Then click on "Delete browsing history" after that you go to "Internet Options." In that there will be a clock looking thing with a green arrow on it. This is delete cookies, history, temporary files, etc. Press the "Delete" button on that section. All done, you might have to restart Internet Explorer.

If you are using Firefox, simply click on "Tools" and "Clear Private Data."

Answer 2

You need to clear or disable Auto Complete. This saves all previous searches in your search bar. Here's how to fix the problem:

For Internet Explorer: Click on Tools. Then Internet Options. Click on Content and then Auto Complete. Then click on Clear Forms. This will erase your search history. If you don't want things showing up again in your search history then deselect the Auto Complete options at the top. Be sure to select apply or ok at the bottom.