How do I clear my search history in IE 7?

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Every time I try to clear my history file in IE7, it gets hung up and doesn't clear the history. I end up having to go into the task manager to stop the process, otherwise it will go on forever - even though it never actually clears anything. I have Windows XP operating system. What can I do to fix this??

IE7 "delete browsing history" HANGS!!!
Everybody knows it but MS DO NOT provide solution nor PATCH.
They are unethical, fraudulent, and unprofessional.

I'm having the same problem, i.e. it hangs up and doesn't delete anything. What gives?

Try to clear your search history whit History Killer v 2.1.
http://en.emergency-soft.com/category/historykiller

If your IE7 hangs when you try to delete the history, simply try the following procedure which works fine for me:
1. Restart your system (IMPORTANT do not restart IE7 until the delete process is ended)
2. Go to control panel
3. Click Internet options
4. Under the general tab, click Delete button
5. Delete your history in the same way you do it from IE7
That's all.

I am following the instructions on how to clear history etc in IE7 but I STILL see a list of previoulsy visited websites and folders in the drop-down toolbar. Nothing I do seems to get rid of it, not even 'Delete All'. Any ideas?

I was having a problem with this. mxjazz posted this above and it is the only thing that worked for me other than using Window Washer(tm) which takes a while to run since it cleans the whole computer.

Here's what mxjazz wrote, and it does work.

If your IE7 hangs when you try to delete the history, simply try the following procedure which works fine for me:
1. Restart your system (IMPORTANT do not restart IE7 until the delete process is ended)
2. Go to control panel
3. Click Internet options
4. Under the general tab, click Delete button
5. Delete your history in the same way you do it from IE7
That's all.

P.S.
You can put a shortcut to "Internet options" right on your desktop if you are lazy and don't want to go through the control panel all the time.

Good luck and thanks jazz-man.

Yep, same thing. URL bar in IE-7 is NOT clearing the history. You can easily see what has been searched for. CCleaner cannot even clear the URL bar history. IE7 tools menu won't do it. Wow, is this ever totally bogus!

Goodbye IE7. I don't have the time nor the space to continue bogus procedures to supplant bugs. It is now official 27% of Windows XP lines of code contain bugs or errors (not the same as a bug). With the Advent of Windows Vista do we want to start this process over without EVER correcting the previous FRAUD which now falls under RICO 1962 (c) act for international acts of fraud.

Yowza....

Check info here ...

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/clear-ie7-browsing-history-from-the-command-line/

Regardz...

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