How to Delete File History Search
The Windows 7 operating system keeps a list of recently opened files in the Windows Explorer Search box. This allows users to easily find recently opened documents. However, it also raises privacy concerns. Fortunately, the Windows 7 operating system allows you to customize the Windows Explorer Search box. If you want to delete a particular file from the search box history, follow the steps in Section 1. If you want to permanently remove the file history search, follow the steps in Section 2.
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Instructions
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Deleting a Particular File
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Click on the "Windows Explorer Search box."
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Scroll the list of files and highlight the one you want to delete.
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Press "Delete."
Deleting Entire History
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Click on the "Start" menu.
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Type "gpedit.msc" into the Search Programs and Files box and press "Enter." The Group Policy Editor opens.
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Click on "User Configuration," then "Administrative Templates," then "Windows Components," and then "Windows Explorer."
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Right-click on "Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box" and select "Edit" and then "Use Enable to disable the search history."
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Close the Group Policy Editor. File history search is deleted.
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