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How to delete Google historyYou may be surprised to see that when you type a search into Google's search box, a list of previously searched for terms are displayed. You may find it interesting to know that these previous searches are not saved by Google, but are actually saved by your web browser through a feature called "AutoComplete". AutoComplete is used by most of the major Web browsers, including Internet Explorer and Fire fox, to assist users in filling out web forms and performing web searches. When the AutoComplete is turned on, the browser keeps track of information that you have recently typed (such as Web addresses, form data and search queries), and attempts to anticipate what you are typing and offer possible matches.
- To manually delete your saved Google searches (AutoComplete history), you can perform the following steps: If you are using Internet Explorer 6: If you are using Fire fox: One of the ways to limit the amount of Google searches that will be held is to turn off your AutoComplete.Here is how to turn off your Auto Complete:
Web addresses Form User names and passwords on forms Prompt me to save password While you may think that this is all you have to do you are not through yet. Windows XP's Search Companion also includes an AutoComplete feature, so it can remember every file and phrase you've searched for. Here is how to turn it off, as well:
It is important to keep in mind that although this stops the Search Companion's from saving your future search strings, it won't erase the existing entries. If you do not want to deal with these issues manually there are programs that can do the work for you. Many programs with only one click, allows you to delete Google history, delete history search, erase Google search history, delete Internet history, delete address bar search history, delete Internet cache history, delete cookies history, delete visited/typed URLs history, delete auto complete history, delete index.dat files of your browser, and Window's search history, open/save history, run history, swap file, temp folder, recent documents, etc. In addition many programs will give you free plug-ins, with which you can easily erase the history of popular applications. Computer experts recommend doing your research and finding the program that suits your needs the best. |
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