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Summary: Sometimes you just want to clear the things you've searched for from automatically appearing in the browser. These steps clear that information in FireFox. I saw your article on clearing the search history in Internet Explorer 6. I use FireFox; how do I do the same thing? FireFox is actually easier and a little more intuitive. While we're at it, we'll include the Google toolbar extension to FireFox as well. • The Google toolbar is pretty much the same as its IE equivalent. If you click on the Google logo on the far left you'll get a drop-down menu:
Click on Clear Search History, and that's done. Now, for FireFox itself (I'll assume FireFox 2.0, by the way) a quick click on the Tools menu shows this:
"The Google toolbar is pretty much the same as its IE
equivalent."
Clear Private Data looks encouraging, but before you click on it, click on Options instead. Click on the Privacy tab, and you should see this:
Note the Private Data area, and the Settings... button to the right. Click on Settings... and you'll get a dialog that includes this:
Here you can control exactly what it is you want FireFox to clear when you tell it to "Clear Private Data". Most of what people seem to care about is their browsing history, but Saved Form Information is what you want if you're looking to erase the tracks of what you've been searching for using the Google home page. So, make your selections as you wish, OK your way back out, and then go ahead and hit that Clear Private Data menu item on the Tools menu, and you should be good to go. Remember: this has only dealt with FireFox. You may still need to return to IE and perform the equivalent there, since IE is used in many places throughout Windows, and some of its settings and/or history appear to be shared with some Windows features. Related:
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i ove you man, uve helped me alot!!! Posted by: Aaron at February 13, 2007 08:01 AMIn what folder is FireFox private data kept? Temporary Internet Files is in ie so there must be an equivalent folder in FireFox but i can't find it! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In firefox go to: about:cache and that'll tell you. Leo iD8DBQFF9djBCMEe9B/8oqERAkagAJ94uY1Z0v7FpH6cdGoZk78jD+oGoQCgj72j in newer versions of firefox, you can clear the search bar i.e google/yahoo etc by right clicking on the search bar itself and choosing clear search history. The clear private data option doesn't clear this search bars history. Posted by: Rossco at August 14, 2007 06:03 AMI used the option privacy to clear all data after loading firefox. Nexr day when clearing the download history, passwords and saved form boxed were faded and I cannot select them. When I go into privacy they are all checked off to clear. Hi Leo, Thankyou So much for your online help. I just wanted to add that one does not need to delete the entire search history in Google. If there are only certain items that you want to delete, but others you'd like to keep: Go to google search box, start to type in the word or phrase (do this both in Firefox and at Google.com) Once a few letters have been typed, the drop down list from prior searches will appear. While word or phrase is highlighted, hit "Delete" button on keyboard. That will remove the search word/phrase from the drop down menu, but leave remaining search history intact. I wanted to draw your attention to WebMynd - a Firefox extension that records a visual history so that you can find stuff again. We've included a privacy feature which automatically clears private data for you if you want to go into stealth mode. This is actually better than clearing private data yourself, since it only removes the information for the time you are in stealth mode - so you don't lose all your browser history and cookies for other times. Would love your view on whether this is useful. Posted by: Amir Nathoo at February 22, 2008 08:18 AMI have tried to clear my browsing history in firefox, using the suggested method, sometimes it works, but more often than not it doesn't. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Posted by: Pankake at April 1, 2008 02:34 PMI am opening page in Ifram on certain link of my main page. But when i am clicking browser back button previous page of frame are not showing. Please suggest. Posted by: Pralyankar Kumar Singh at June 23, 2008 05:40 AMPost a comment on "How do I clear my search history in FireFox?":
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