How do I delete items from Internet Explorer's auto-complete list?

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IT depends on which box you mean. One of these two articles covers it:

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_delete_history_items_from_my_google_tool_bar.html

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_delete_items_ive_been_to_using_google.html

The way to delete "auto-complete" items in the Google search bar takes some time, but it can be done. First, type in the letter "a" in the search bar. Arrow down to the first item listed, and press the "delete" key (above the arrow keys on the keypad) until all of the items have been deleted. Then, type the next letter of the alphabet "b", and perform the above procedure for all of the items listed. You will have to do this for each letter of the alphabet until all entries have been deleted.

hi,sorry to be a nuisence,but your explaination of how to remove items from the google favourites list does not seem to work.somehow or other items have been lsited that i did not put there.when i right click all it says is close bar,it does not come up with anything else.any ideas would be very gartefully received.thankyou.

I think you may be confusing "favorites" with history. Try these two articles: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_delete_history_items_from_my_google_tool_bar.html and http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_delete_items_ive_been_to_using_google.html

To delete the address bar addresses in XP

1-Right-click the START BUTTON,
2-Click PROPERTIES,
3-Click CUSTOMIZE in START MENU PANE. You will see 2 tabs-GENERAL & ADVANCED.
4-Click ADVANCED. At the bottom you will see a tab for LIST MY MOST RECENT DOCUMENTS and CLEAR LIST. Click on CLEAR LIST. Your web site addresses are gone.

Hello! After having this "issue" forever I found a COMPLETE solution for it! Leo is right except he forgot for ONE step! After: Clearing History and autocomplete and all offline content; Moving all items from favorites C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Favorites)into an easily accessible folder; Clearing all items from the "Recent" folder (C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Recent); DO THIS: CLEAR THE DESKTOP!!! Voila! Nothing in Address Bar! Hope that helps!

Hi - I am a computer savvy person who has just spent about 2 hours trying to erase a URL that kept appearing via the 'autocomplete' function of IE 6. I couldn't find a manual way of deleting this, however, I downloaded a program (via link below that is previously listed in this forum) and it has fixed my problem. Take my advise.. save yourself some time and run this program:

http://www.spychecker.com/program/historyeraser.html

NOTE: This program will delete your entire history, you cant nominate what URL's you wish to keep / remove.

Hello. I'm pretty annoyed now. I've turned AutoComplete off, cleared every bit of history i could find, etc.. But I go into something like, say, Media Player 's "open URL" list, or Find's list of previously typed items, and they still aren't deleted. Everything on IE is fine, but those few lists still remain. I tried many ways of getting rid of them. How or where are they recorded? How do I delete them?

You might try Microsoft AntiSpyware - it has a privacy function that clears out a lot of things.

But yes, many applications each keep their own list of recent documents and such. As a result many of them have to be dealt with individually.

For those who have been unable to delete the whole Internet Explorer history, try Absolute Delete 2.1. This software is no longer supported by their authors, but you can get it from Download.com: http://www.download.com/Absolute-Delete/3000-2248_4-10319045.html
This is the only program I know which removes every bit of history. I hope it helps.

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