How to Restore Cleared Search History
Restoring cleared search history requires restoring your computer's operating system. An operating system restoration allows you to restore the computer to an earlier state. The full restoration process can be conducted in approximately three to five minutes. You can restore your cleared search history as long as you know the exact date of the cleared history you are attempting to restore.
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Instructions
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Restoring Search History in Windows
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Access the computer's "System Tools." Click on the "Start" taskbar icon, select the "All Programs" tab in the drop-down menu. Click "Accessories" and "System Tools" will be listed as a subfolder in the "Programs" folder.
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Access the "System Restore" settings for the computer. In the "System Tools" folder, click "System Restore".
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Choose a restoration point setting for your computer. Click on the radio button next to the option that reads, "Choose a Different Restore Point" to enter your own date, and click "Next."
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Select your date. Click on the estimated date that is comparable to the search history date you are trying to restore, and click "Next." Once the process is complete, your computer will restart automatically to apply the necessary changes to your operating system.
Restore History with Mac OS Leopard Time Machine
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Go to your computer's "System Preferences."
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Locate the "System" applications toward the bottom of the "System Preferences," and click on the "Time Machine" icon.
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Click the "Choose Backup Disk" option, then select your backup hard drive in the options that will be displayed.
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Restore the cleared search history and other computer files by clicking on the "Backup Files" action in the window.
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Tips & Warnings
The date you choose should be on or before the date of the search history items you are trying to restore. If the dates do not correlate to the time of the search history activity, there will be no way of restoring the cleared items.
Avoid losing your work. Save any opened files and close all other open programs and applications before running the "System Restore" process. Once the process is complete, the computer will restart automatically, therefore, any files open will be permanently lost if they are not saved.
Time Machine is only preinstalled in Leopard, Mac's most current operating system. If you are using any other version of a Mac operating system, you may need to download Time Machine to restore on your computer.
Be advised that you will need an external hard drive to run Time Machine on a Mac. This is the restoration application that can be used, but the restoration is not guaranteed if Time Machine was not set up and configured prior to the clearance of the search history.
