Unable to clear internet search history?

I can't clear my internet search history.





In Internet Explorer I have gone to Internet Options, cleared the history, chosen 0 days to keep history. I've also gone to the General tab, to Auto Complete, and Clear Forms %26amp; Clear Passwords and the history is still not cleared. I've also tried deleting them from the drop-down menu to no avail.





Any suggestions from anyone?? Could it have anything to do with having programs that don't allow cookies to be enabled?? This seems to have caused me problems in other areas with my computer...





Thank you!Unable to clear internet search history?
The record of search history which appears in the search box on Yahoo! and all other search sites is actually a feature controlled by your browser, not Yahoo! or the search site.





If you have Internet Explorer as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below:





1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Internet Explorer.


2. Select 'Internet Options', then select the 'Content' tab.


3. Under Personal information, click on the 'AutoComplete' box.





On the AutoComplete Settings window you can click the 'Clear Forms' box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the Forms box to permanently stop the generation of the search history.





A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'delete' key while the item is highlighted.





If you have Firefox as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below:





1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Firefox.


2. Select 'Options', then select the 'Privacy' button, and then the 'Saved Forms' tab.





In the window you can click the 'Clear Saved Form Data Now' box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the ';Save Information' box to permanently stop the generation of the search history.





A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'shift delete' key while the item is highlighted.Unable to clear internet search history?
The record of search history which appears in the search box on Yahoo! and all other search sites is actually a feature controlled by your browser, not Yahoo! or the search site.





If you have Internet Explorer as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below:





1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Internet Explorer.


2. Select 'Internet Options', then select the 'Content' tab.


3. Under Personal information, click on the 'AutoComplete' box.





On the AutoComplete Settings window you can click the 'Clear Forms' box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the Forms box to permanently stop the generation of the search history.





A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'delete' key while the item is highlighted.





If you have Firefox as your browser, you may stop the search history from being generated by following the instructions below:





1. Select the the 'Tools' menu in Firefox.


2. Select 'Options', then select the 'Privacy' button, and then the 'Saved Forms' tab.





In the window you can click the 'Clear Saved Form Data Now' box to delete your current history, or you can uncheck the ';Save Information' box to permanently stop the generation of the search history.





A single item can be deleted by pressing the 'shift delete' key while the item is highlighted.
You can use 'Free Internet Window Washer'. It allows you to erase Window's temp folders, run history, search history, open/save history, recent documents, your browser's cache, cookies, history, visited URLs, typed URLs, autocomplete memory, index.dat files, Google search history, Yahoo search history, MSN search history. It's free. You can find it at any of the following:


http://www.eusing.com/Window_Washer/Window_Washer.htm


http://www.freeware365.com/utilities/disk_cleanup.htm


http://www.snapfiles.com/get/freeiww.html


Click 'Wash Settings' to select all items of Internet Explore or Firefox or other browser. If you want to clear history of Google Toobar and Yahoo Toolbar, also select 'Google Toolbar' and 'Yahoo Toolbar' on 'Application' page. Then you can wash them.
You can delete the history of search bar on ur homepage (whatever it is either Yahoo! or Google) by following this path. Tools%26gt; internet options%26gt; content%26gt; auto complete%26gt; clear forms. To stop the generation of history uncheck the box of forms.





You can delete the search history on ur yahoo toolbar this way. click the arrow in the search box. Select options, click clear history. Follow this path also. Pencil%26gt; toolbar options%26gt; uncheck the boxes of enable auto complete and enable history%26gt; ok.





To delete address bar history, follow this path. Tools%26gt; internet options%26gt; general %26gt; clear history %26gt; set the number of days to zero%26gt; ok.





http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer鈥?/a> On this link you will get the information how to delete search history if you have Mozilla or Safari as your Internet browser also.


To know more please visit the following links.


http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/in鈥?/a>


http://search.msn.com.my/docs/siteowner.鈥?/a>


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/toolbar鈥?/a>


You can learn about how to protect your privacy on the internet by visiting the following link


http://www.amicutilities.com/privacy-gua鈥?/a>


If any time you feel like to recover deleted history in windows, you can learn that by visiting the following link


http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Deleted-H鈥?/a>


It will solve your all search related problems.
How do I delete the drop-down list of my past searches?





You can clear your Google search history from the Google search box, the Google Toolbar, or your browser. We've included instructions for all three methods below.





CLEARING YOUR GOOGLE SEARCH BOX HISTORY





The search history that displays in the search box on the Google homepage is stored by your browser, not by Google. Instructions appear below for disabling this search history in common browsers. If your browser isn't listed, we suggest consulting its online support center.





Microsoft Internet Explorer


1. Go to the ';Tools'; menu.


2. Select ';Internet Options'; and the ';Content'; tab.


3. Within the ';Personal information'; area, select ';AutoComplete.';


4. Click on ';Clear Forms.'; You can also un-check the ';Forms'; box in this window to keep this information from being stored in the future.


5. Click ';OK'; to exit.





Alternatively, you can delete individual entries from your search history by using the Down arrow key to highlight a previous search, then pressing the Delete key once.





MSN


If you're using the Microsoft Network (MSN), changes made in Internet Explorer (IE) will take effect in your MSN browser. After making changes in IE, you'll need to sign out of and back into MSN for the changes to take effect.





Mozilla Firefox


1. Go to the ';Tools'; menu.


2. Select ';Options'; %26gt; ';Privacy'; %26gt; ';Saved Form Information.';


3. Click ';Clear'; and un-check the box.


4. Click ';OK'; to exit.





Safari


1. Go to the ';Safari'; menu and select ';Preferences.';


2. From the menus that pop up, select ';Autofill.';


3. Go to ';Other forms'; line and select the ';Edit'; button.


4. From the list of sites for which AutoFill is currently being applied, select ';Google.com'; %26gt; ';Remove'; %26gt; ';Done.';





CLEARING YOUR GOOGLE TOOLBAR HISTORY





To clear your search history from the drop-down text box on the Google Toolbar:





1. Click on the Google logo on the Toolbar to access the drop-down menu.


2. Select the ';Clear Search History'; option.





If you'd like to completely disable your Toolbar's search history, please click the ';Options'; button on your Toolbar and un-check the box next to ';Drop-down search history.';





If you have Google Toolbar 4.0 installed, you can clear your Toolbar's search history by starting to enter a search term in your Toolbar's search box. When your drop-down search history appears, simply click the ';Clear History'; link.





Please note that this only clears the search history from the Google Toolbar, which is entirely separate from the search history stored by your browser.





If you've followed these steps and information still appears in your Toolbar search box as you type, please visit http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer鈥?/a> for additional assistance.





CLEARING YOUR BROWSER HISTORY





Like your Google search box history, the search history that displays in the address bar on the Google homepage is stored by your browser, not by Google. Instructions appear below for clearing and/or disabling your search history in common browsers. If your browser isn't listed, we suggest consulting its online support center.





Microsoft Internet Explorer


1. Go to the ';Tools'; menu.


2. Select ';Internet Options'; and the ';General'; tab.


3. Click the ';Clear History'; button. To completely disable the history function, set ';Days to keep pages in history'; to zero (';0';).


4. Click ';OK'; to exit.





MSN


If you're using the Microsoft Network (MSN), changes made in Internet Explorer (IE) will take effect in your MSN browser. After making changes in IE, you'll need to sign out of and back into MSN for the changes to take effect.





Mozilla Firefox


1. Go to the ';Tools'; menu.


2. Select ';Options'; %26gt; ';Privacy'; %26gt; ';History.';


3. Click on ';Clear.'; To completely disable the history function, set ';Remember visited pages for the last X days'; to zero (';0';).


4. Click ';OK'; to exit.





Safari


1. Click ';History'; on the top menu.


2. Click ';Clear History'; at the bottom of the menu.
After doing whay you just said ....Restart your computer ..the history data will be gone
You can download a program that is called ';Free Internet Window Washer'; the title says it all... Well anyway download it then you can choose what to erase and best of all it's FREE ! You can get it at www.download.com and don't worry it's perfectly legal. You can erase anything from window search history to recent documents opened so you leave no tracks of where you've been and how often you've been there so it's really good. I have it and have been using it for about 5 months now and it's awesome!
if you have xp. go to default user, local settings and take care of the problem there.....