Clearing Google Search History

[Egaladeist]

Something I happened upon by sheer accident :D

Don't know if this will work in other browsers...I use Firefox...

After you've got your drop-down menu there...highlight the top one...hold the Shift key down...and press and hold Delete...

It should automatically scroll deleting almost everything in it's path.

Or...to delete individually...just press delete as you require.

Eg ;)

EDIT: I know there are easier ways in IE to do this...but...all the same...

Just tried it in IE...you can do it there too...but you have to repeatedly hit the delete button...you can't hold it down too...so...you can do IE this way but you have to do it one at a time...fast-fire :D

Apparently it works in all drop-down search boxes...I just cleared my PM menu the same way.

[HTRegz]

Ctrl+Shift+Del --> Only Check Clear Browser History (Firefox)

Or for either go to Tools --> Options (or on Firefox you can also go to Clear Private Data)..

There are plenty of ways to clear browser history... This was seems a little more tedious you have to hold it to the end of the list... if ya have a long list you might not want to sit and wait.. still cool none-the-less...

Peace,
HT

[The Duck]

Nothing really new, I always deleted my google history that way :P...

BTW, in IE I never had to delete it one at a time. I just had to hold it down. But that could have been an older version of IE since I rarely use IE now...

[acidtone]

Hmmm this sounds like it should be in the Tips 'n Tricks area..

Other then that a somewhat useful tip instead of doing it ye old way..

acidtone

[the tree]

I don't see it as that useful, why would you want to delete you search history? Unless of course you are on a shared machine and have been searching for something that you shouldn't have been, in which case it's your own fault and you should deal with the consequences.

[HTRegz]

Moved to tips and tricks...

[Drakain Zeil]

Ahh, and here I thought this way how to delete google's record of your searches... now how will I ever clear out that shrimp?

However, anyone know of a way to do that?

[MrLinus]

From here: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5797.cfm

Don't Use Google or Yahoo.

Don't use Google or Yahoo to search the Web, as they will store your entire trail of activity on their servers. Try Clusty.com or Ixquick.com, which do not save users' search data. Clusty is a meta-search engine based on Vivisimo clustered search: It queries several top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking.

[Harris khan]

buddy thats good it will be very helpfull to me.thanks

[blackfox]

Ahh, and here I thought this way how to delete google's record of your searches... now how will I ever clear out that shrimp?

However, anyone know of a way to do that?

Do you mean the Personalized Search History? If so, this link will delete all of it and disable personalized search (it seems they removed the option from the menu now - bookmarks ftw)

https://www.google.com/accounts/DeleteService?service=hist

[Vood00]

In Firefox the History can also be removed/cleared at the end of every session, by selecting "Clear private data when closing Firefox".Under the Privacy Tab.

[Moira]

You can also try Browzar (http://www.browzar.com/) which is currently at the centre of some controversy - and don't rely on it for complete anonymity, there really is no such thing. However this lightweight program that sits on top of Internet Explorer does away with auto complete, browsing history and cookies, so that no trace of what you've been up to is left behind.

The internet files are deleted not wiped, so recovery software could still track where you've been, and a list of browsed sites remains in index.dat, but that's really beyond the scope of the program. You can stick the program on a usb key and quickly install it on a shared computer.