How to Delete Browser History

If you use Google to search, your Google search history may be saved in the browser, the Google Toolbar or in your Google Web History. If you share a computer at home or at work, you may not want other people seeing what you search for. Deleting your search history in your browser will depend on what type of browser you have. Clearing your browser history will clear web addresses you've visited, cached text of pages you've visited, snapshots of your most frequently visited pages and any IP addresses pre-fetched from pages you've visited.

How to Delete Search History in Chrome:

1. Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Tools.
3. Select Clear browsing data.
4. Then, select the Clear browsing history checkbox.
5. Use the menu at the top to select the amount of data you want to delete. Select beginning of time to clear your entire browsing history.
6. Click Clear browsing data.

How to Delete Search History in Internet Explorer:

1. Click the Tools menu.
2. Select Delete Browsing History.
3. Select the History and Form data checkboxes.
4. Click Delete.

How to Delete Search History in Firefox:

1. Click the Firefox Tools menu, or press Alt-T on your keyboard.
2. Select Clear Recent History.
3. Click the drop-down next to Time range to clear and select how much of your history you want to clear.
4. Click the drop-down arrow next to Details.
5. Select the Browsing Download History and Form Search History checkboxes.
6. Click Clear Now.

How to Delete Search History in Safari:

1. Click the History menu.
2. Select Clear History.

You may also want to clear your Google Toolbar History to delete your search history, if you use Google. To do this:

1. Click the Toolbar s wrench icon.
2. On the Search tab, deselect Store search history on my computer.
3. Click Save.

Additionally, you can remove your Google search history by clearing your search history in your Google account. To do this, click the Web History link on the My Account page. Then, click Remove items. You ll then be in edit mode and can select any items you don t want and click the Remove button. There s also a link to clear your entire Web History.