How to Clear the Search History on a Mac

Each Internet browser keeps a history of sites you have accessed, downloads you have made and searches you have made. Whenever you search something on Google, Yahoo! or other search engines, it will be logged in the search history for your browser. Other information such as form data is sometimes stored with search history as well. Clearing the search history on your Mac is specific to the Internet browser you use rather than the operating system.

Instructions

Clearing Search History in Safari

1. Click "Safari" on your menu toolbar. Click "Preferences".

2. Click the "AutoFill" button.

3. Click "Edit" next to "Other Forms" to bring up your search history.

4. Click "Remove All" and then click "Done".

5. Click the tick next to "Other Forms" if you want to stop Safari from autofilling search forms in the future. Click "Edit" and then "Reset Safari" if you want to clear all history.

Clearing Search History in Firefox

1. Right-click the search bar in the top-right and click "Clear Search History".

2. Click "Tools", and then "Clear Recent History...".

3. Click "Form & Search History" and any other history you want to delete. Click the "Time range to clear" drop-down menu and specify a period.

4. Click "Clear Now".

Clearing Search History in Google Chrome

1. Click "Chrome" and then click "Clear Browsing Data".

2. Click "Clear saved form data" and any other history you want to delete.

3. Click the "Time range" drop-down menu and choose the time period you want to clear.

4. Click "Clear browsing data".

References

• Clear History: How to clear Safari history
• Mozilla Support: How to clear Search bar history
• Google Chrome Help: Clear browsing history