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Anonymous asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Search · 1 decade ago

How do I erase Yahoo web search history? Clicking erase history button did not do it for the lower panel.?

Erease button did erase the top web search only. I did use IE tools to delete all web visits history.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    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... 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.

  • 1 decade ago

    The record of search history which appears in the search box on Yahoo! and all other search sites is actually a feature controlled by your browser, not Yahoo! or the search site.

    If you have Internet Explorer as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below:

    1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Internet Explorer.

    2. Select 'Internet Options', then select the 'Content' tab.

    3. Under Personal information, click on the 'AutoComplete' box.

    On the AutoComplete Settings window you can 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.

    A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'delete' key while the item is highlighted.

    If you have Firefox as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below:

    1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Firefox.

    2. Select 'Options', then select the 'Privacy' button, and then the 'Saved Forms' tab.

    In the window you can click the 'Clear Saved Form Data Now' box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the "Save Information' box to permanently stop the generation of the search history.

    A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'shift delete' key while the item is highlighted.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    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... 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/ind...

    http://search.msn.com.my/docs/siteowner.aspx?t=SEA...

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/toolbar/basics/to...

    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-...

    It will solve your all search related problems.

  • 1 decade ago

    click on tools go to interent options click on where it says clear history. click that on

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Right click to highlight & 'Delete' key until all deleted.

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