Delete / don't keep autocomplete history in browser

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Happy

Is there a way to automatically delete, or not keep, the history of browsed
items? By this I mean when you start to type something in the browser
window, up comes a list of previously browsed items. How can this be
eliminated?
 
Hi Happy :-)

You don't mention the version of Windows you are using, but, try the
following and see if it helps:

Clearing the Temporary Internet Cache -
Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
Note: Any links listed in your Favorites (including any pages you saved for
offline viewing) will not be deleted when the History is cleared normally.
Therefore, you must also check the box next to Delete ofline files on the
dialog box as well when you clear the Temp Files to be sure all files are
deleted

Set the History to 0 days, however, it is possible that it will continue to
keep a running record for that session. Set the History to 0, then close IE,
then reopen and clear the History again.

also..

Disable the AutoComplete::

How to disable Autocomplete
http://www.kodaimports.com/Merchant2/autocomplete.html
or…...
Tools>Internet Options>Content Tab>Auto Complete. Remove the
check in Web Addresses and click Clear Forms to remove what
is currently saved.

and..

How to Clear the History Entries in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q157729
For an easier, safer removal method, go to
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
and download "DelTypedURL." This INF file will remove ALL entries.

Here is a forum thread on how to permanently disable the History. You might
check here to see if the Registry hack referenced here is what you are
looking for. Scroll down to this part
Disable the IE History folder: - here
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t29157.html
and here:
Disable History Function in IE6
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=982660&page=1

also...

Under "Use AutoComplete for".., click to clear the Web Addresses check box,
and then click OK. Click the Advanced tab, click to clear the "Use inline
AutoComplete" check box in the Browsing section (if this check box has been
selected). Click OK

However, anything listed in Favorites (which by default includes pages saved
for
offline viewing) are not deleted when you clear History, see the information
here:

Deleting History and Typed URLs in Internet Explorer
http://www.wbaudisch.de/DeletingHistory.htm
NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before you do
the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries will
just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
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Hi Happy,

Open IE - Tools -> Internet Options -> under General Tab -> click on Clear
History., as well as click on Delete cookies and Delete files, please chnage
Days to keep the pages to "0".

Do enable this also. Under Internet options their is tab Advanced -> Scroll
down to Security-> Check the option which says Empty Temporary Internet files
folder when browser is closed. and click on apply.
 
Thanks for all these detailed replies--- I have tried them all, and, while
learning a few things, still have not solved my little problem. Perhaps I
was not specific enough--- the problem is that, while using Google inside
IE, when you start to type in an item for Google to search, up comes a list
of all the things searched previously that start with the same letter. ie.
looking for "dogs" for example, as soon as you type the letter "d", up come
all the words previously searched that start with "d". I find this useless,
and would like to get rid of it.
 
Hi Happy :-)

First, try this:

If you have the Google Toolbar installed, click on Google logo to access a
drop down
menu. Choose the Clear Search History option.
This clears all previous searches listed in the drop down box.

If still no joy, then continue:

If you have turned off the Autocomplete and set your History to 0 days, then
the URLs yo uare seeing are those that are still in your History cache. You
can clean them out of the History using this free utiility:

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144-10315544.html

or...

Delete the History folder and index.dat:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm


Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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This is becoming quite a task! I tried all the things suggested, and while I
have been able to clear the history and the drop down record, I cant seem to
disable it, going forward. As soon as I search another item, it starts
another list! I even downloaded Google 4.0 beta, and followed their
instructions for disabling the search history, but they indicated that if
that didn't work, it was a function of the browser, not Google.
Still at square one. (This is obviously not a big thing, but it has now
become my mission, or I should say ONE of my missions!)
Jan Il said:
Hi Happy :-)

First, try this:

If you have the Google Toolbar installed, click on Google logo to access a
drop down
menu. Choose the Clear Search History option.
This clears all previous searches listed in the drop down box.

If still no joy, then continue:

If you have turned off the Autocomplete and set your History to 0 days,
then the URLs yo uare seeing are those that are still in your History
cache. You can clean them out of the History using this free utiility:

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144-10315544.html

or...

Delete the History folder and index.dat:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm


Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
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Thanks for all these detailed replies--- I have tried them all, and,
while learning a few things, still have not solved my little problem.
Perhaps I was not specific enough--- the problem is that, while using
Google inside IE, when you start to type in an item for Google to search,
up comes a list of all the things searched previously that start with the
same letter. ie. looking for "dogs" for example, as soon as you type the
letter "d", up come all the words previously searched that start with
"d". I find this useless, and would like to get rid of it.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi Happy :-)

You should then try to reset your IE settings to Default.

How to restore all IE Default settings

Open IE and do the following:

First:
Go to Tools>Internet Options>General” tab
Under Temporary Internet Files, click the "Delete Files" button, then
"Delete all off-line content" and click OK.
Then click the "Delete Cookies" button, then click the "Clear History" and
click Yes in the subsequent warning box to clear all history.

Next, while still in the Internet Options:

Click on the Security tab>click on the Internet Icon in the window, then
click Default settings.
Then click on the Custom level button and reset the security level to Medium
if it is set to anything else.
Click Apply

Close IE to allow changes to take effect, reopen IE

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

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Happy said:
This is becoming quite a task! I tried all the things suggested, and while
I have been able to clear the history and the drop down record, I cant
seem to disable it, going forward. As soon as I search another item, it
starts another list! I even downloaded Google 4.0 beta, and followed their
instructions for disabling the search history, but they indicated that if
that didn't work, it was a function of the browser, not Google.
Still at square one. (This is obviously not a big thing, but it has now
become my mission, or I should say ONE of my missions!)
Jan Il said:
Hi Happy :-)

First, try this:

If you have the Google Toolbar installed, click on Google logo to access
a drop down
menu. Choose the Clear Search History option.
This clears all previous searches listed in the drop down box.

If still no joy, then continue:

If you have turned off the Autocomplete and set your History to 0 days,
then the URLs yo uare seeing are those that are still in your History
cache. You can clean them out of the History using this free utiility:

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144-10315544.html

or...

Delete the History folder and index.dat:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm


Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thanks for all these detailed replies--- I have tried them all, and,
while learning a few things, still have not solved my little problem.
Perhaps I was not specific enough--- the problem is that, while using
Google inside IE, when you start to type in an item for Google to
search, up comes a list of all the things searched previously that start
with the same letter. ie. looking for "dogs" for example, as soon as you
type the letter "d", up come all the words previously searched that
start with "d". I find this useless, and would like to get rid of it.
Hi Happy,

Open IE - Tools -> Internet Options -> under General Tab -> click on
Clear
History., as well as click on Delete cookies and Delete files, please
chnage
Days to keep the pages to "0".

Do enable this also. Under Internet options their is tab Advanced ->
Scroll
down to Security-> Check the option which says Empty Temporary Internet
files
folder when browser is closed. and click on apply.

--
Caliber is Capacity Responding to Circumstances.

Hunt


:

Is there a way to automatically delete, or not keep, the history of
browsed
items? By this I mean when you start to type something in the browser
window, up comes a list of previously browsed items. How can this be
eliminated?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
No luck. I tried your suggestions, did a few searches, closed IE, and when
I opened it again, and typed the first letter of my previous search, there
were my previous searched words, again!
Jan Il said:
Hi Happy :-)

You should then try to reset your IE settings to Default.

How to restore all IE Default settings

Open IE and do the following:

First:
Go to Tools>Internet Options>General" tab
Under Temporary Internet Files, click the "Delete Files" button, then
"Delete all off-line content" and click OK.
Then click the "Delete Cookies" button, then click the "Clear History" and
click Yes in the subsequent warning box to clear all history.

Next, while still in the Internet Options:

Click on the Security tab>click on the Internet Icon in the window, then
click Default settings.
Then click on the Custom level button and reset the security level to
Medium if it is set to anything else.
Click Apply

Close IE to allow changes to take effect, reopen IE

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
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Happy said:
This is becoming quite a task! I tried all the things suggested, and
while I have been able to clear the history and the drop down record, I
cant seem to disable it, going forward. As soon as I search another item,
it starts another list! I even downloaded Google 4.0 beta, and followed
their instructions for disabling the search history, but they indicated
that if that didn't work, it was a function of the browser, not Google.
Still at square one. (This is obviously not a big thing, but it has now
become my mission, or I should say ONE of my missions!)
Jan Il said:
Hi Happy :-)

First, try this:

If you have the Google Toolbar installed, click on Google logo to access
a drop down
menu. Choose the Clear Search History option.
This clears all previous searches listed in the drop down box.

If still no joy, then continue:

If you have turned off the Autocomplete and set your History to 0 days,
then the URLs yo uare seeing are those that are still in your History
cache. You can clean them out of the History using this free utiility:

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144-10315544.html

or...

Delete the History folder and index.dat:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm


Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Thanks for all these detailed replies--- I have tried them all, and,
while learning a few things, still have not solved my little problem.
Perhaps I was not specific enough--- the problem is that, while using
Google inside IE, when you start to type in an item for Google to
search, up comes a list of all the things searched previously that
start with the same letter. ie. looking for "dogs" for example, as soon
as you type the letter "d", up come all the words previously searched
that start with "d". I find this useless, and would like to get rid of
it.
Hi Happy,

Open IE - Tools -> Internet Options -> under General Tab -> click on
Clear
History., as well as click on Delete cookies and Delete files, please
chnage
Days to keep the pages to "0".

Do enable this also. Under Internet options their is tab Advanced ->
Scroll
down to Security-> Check the option which says Empty Temporary
Internet files
folder when browser is closed. and click on apply.

--
Caliber is Capacity Responding to Circumstances.

Hunt


:

Is there a way to automatically delete, or not keep, the history of
browsed
items? By this I mean when you start to type something in the
browser
window, up comes a list of previously browsed items. How can this be
eliminated?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi Happy :-)

Ok...we did try to be gentle...now we'll fire for full effect <g>

Try this first....one more shot over the bow... so to speak...<grin>
CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144-10315544.html

....if still no joy....then zap 'em...

Delete the History folder and index.dat:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before you do
the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries will
just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.

Windows will create a new History and Index.dat file when you reboot and
that should be the end of the old files. If not......then your History
location has been set other than the User default folder.

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
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"> No luck. I tried your suggestions, did a few searches, closed IE, and
when
I opened it again, and typed the first letter of my previous search, there
were my previous searched words, again!
Jan Il said:
Hi Happy :-)

You should then try to reset your IE settings to Default.

How to restore all IE Default settings

Open IE and do the following:

First:
Go to Tools>Internet Options>General" tab
Under Temporary Internet Files, click the "Delete Files" button, then
"Delete all off-line content" and click OK.
Then click the "Delete Cookies" button, then click the "Clear History"
and click Yes in the subsequent warning box to clear all history.

Next, while still in the Internet Options:

Click on the Security tab>click on the Internet Icon in the window, then
click Default settings.
Then click on the Custom level button and reset the security level to
Medium if it is set to anything else.
Click Apply

Close IE to allow changes to take effect, reopen IE

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Happy said:
This is becoming quite a task! I tried all the things suggested, and
while I have been able to clear the history and the drop down record, I
cant seem to disable it, going forward. As soon as I search another
item, it starts another list! I even downloaded Google 4.0 beta, and
followed their instructions for disabling the search history, but they
indicated that if that didn't work, it was a function of the browser,
not Google.
Still at square one. (This is obviously not a big thing, but it has now
become my mission, or I should say ONE of my missions!)
Hi Happy :-)

First, try this:

If you have the Google Toolbar installed, click on Google logo to
access a drop down
menu. Choose the Clear Search History option.
This clears all previous searches listed in the drop down box.

If still no joy, then continue:

If you have turned off the Autocomplete and set your History to 0 days,
then the URLs yo uare seeing are those that are still in your History
cache. You can clean them out of the History using this free utiility:

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144-10315544.html

or...

Delete the History folder and index.dat:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm


Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Thanks for all these detailed replies--- I have tried them all, and,
while learning a few things, still have not solved my little problem.
Perhaps I was not specific enough--- the problem is that, while using
Google inside IE, when you start to type in an item for Google to
search, up comes a list of all the things searched previously that
start with the same letter. ie. looking for "dogs" for example, as
soon as you type the letter "d", up come all the words previously
searched that start with "d". I find this useless, and would like to
get rid of it.
Hi Happy,

Open IE - Tools -> Internet Options -> under General Tab -> click on
Clear
History., as well as click on Delete cookies and Delete files, please
chnage
Days to keep the pages to "0".

Do enable this also. Under Internet options their is tab Advanced ->
Scroll
down to Security-> Check the option which says Empty Temporary
Internet files
folder when browser is closed. and click on apply.

--
Caliber is Capacity Responding to Circumstances.

Hunt


:

Is there a way to automatically delete, or not keep, the history of
browsed
items? By this I mean when you start to type something in the
browser
window, up comes a list of previously browsed items. How can this be
eliminated?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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