How to Reset Google Search History
Google interfaces with various Internet browsers to provide suggestions when you search in any Google box. This function simplifies remembering searches, and more importantly, informs the user as to what specific but related terms have been searched for previously. For various reasons, you may not wish your prior searches to be available to other users of the Internet browser. In such a situation, clearing the browser's cache takes care of the search history. Google also "suggests" queries when you search in their box, a function separate from your browser settings, but which is also controllable.
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Instructions
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Internet Explorer 8.0
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Click on the Tools menu from the drop-down menu at the top of the screen.
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Select "Delete Browsing History."
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Select "Form Data" and "History," and click the "Yes" button in the confirmation window. Close the window.
For Internet Explorer 6
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Click on the Tools menu from the drop-down menu at the top of the screen.
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Select "Internet Options," and click the "Content" tab.
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Click the "AutoComplete" button.
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Click the "Clear Forms" button.
Firefox 3.6
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Click "Firefox Tools" from the drop-down menu, or hit "Alt" and "T" on the keyboard.
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Select "Clear Recent History."
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Click the drop-down next to "Time range to clear" and select how much of the history you want to clear. In the drop-down menu next to "Details," select the "Browsing and Download History" and "Form and Search History."
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Click "Clear Now."
Firefox 2 or 3
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Click "Firefox Tools" from the drop-down menu.
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Select "Clear Private Data."
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Select "Saved Form" and "Search History" and click the "Clear Private Data Now" button.
Safari
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Click the Safari tab from the drop-down menu and select "Preferences."
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Click the "Autofill" tab, then click the "Edit" button next to the "Other Forms" check box.
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Select Google.com from the list and click "Remove," then "Done."
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Tips & Warnings
For security purposes, it is useful to get to know the settings of your browser relating to storing your Internet behavior. Clearing your private data every so often, in addition to your browsing history, minimizes the amount of information that third-parties can get off your browser when you are looking at their Internet content.
