{"id":1442,"date":"2012-02-17T02:51:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T02:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raymond.cc\/blog\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2012-02-17T02:51:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T02:51:29","slug":"how-to-clear-your-google-search-history-from-browser-and-toolbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raymond.cc\/blog\/how-to-clear-your-google-search-history-from-browser-and-toolbar\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Clear Your Google Search History from Browser and Toolbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display:block;margin-top:0px;float:left;margin: 4px;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the main reason why some people would like to clear their Google search history from web browser and Google Toolbar is to maintain their privacy. If you own your own desktop or laptop which is used only by you, then it\u2019s fine. But if your computer is shared with a few people, sometimes it\u2019s just not nice to let them \u201caccidentally\u201d find out what you were looking for. An example below would be embarrassing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.raymond.cc\/images\/google-search-history.png\" alt=\"Clear Google Search History\"><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can clear Google\u2019s search history from Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer.<br \/>\n<span id=\"more-601\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\nThe below instruction A and B is for deleting search history from the Google home page search box. This is if you use either Firefox or Internet Explorer and manually type in Google.com address to perform the search.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A. <u>Internet Explorer 7<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n1. Go to <strong>Tools<\/strong> menu<br \/>\n2. Select <strong>Options<\/strong><br \/>\n3. On <strong>General<\/strong> tab, click on the \u201c<strong>Delete\u2026<\/strong>\u201d button from the <strong>Browsing History<\/strong> area.<br \/>\n4. Click \u201c<strong>Delete forms\u2026<\/strong>\u201d button from the <strong>Form data<\/strong> area.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.raymond.cc\/images\/IE-clear-form-data.png\" alt=\"Remove search history\"><br \/>\n5. Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to confirm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B. <u>In Mozilla Firefox<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n1. Go to <strong>Tools<\/strong> menu<br \/>\n2. Select <strong>Options<\/strong><br \/>\n3. Select the \u201c<strong>Privacy<\/strong>\u201d tab<br \/>\n4. On the Private Data area, click on the \u201c<strong>Clear Now\u2026<\/strong>\u201d button.<br \/>\n5. Make sure the \u201c<strong>Saved Form and Search History<\/strong>\u201d is checked and click on the <strong>Clear Private Data Now<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.raymond.cc\/images\/firefox-clear-private-data.png\" alt=\"Clear Visited Link\"><\/p>\n<p>The below instruction C and D is if you have Google Toolbar installed on your Firefox or Internet Explorer browser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C. <u>Internet Explorer with Google Toolbar<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n1. Click on the Google logo on the Toolbar to access the drop-down menu.<br \/>\n2. Select the \u201c<strong>Clear History<\/strong>\u201d option.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.raymond.cc\/images\/IE-google-toolbar-clear.png\" alt=\"Clear Internet Explorer Google Toolbar Search History\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>C. <u>Firefox with Google Toolbar<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n1. Click on the Google logo on the Toolbar.<br \/>\n2. Select \u201c<strong>Clear Search History<\/strong>\u201d option.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.raymond.cc\/images\/Firefox-google-toolbar-clear.png\" alt=\"Clear Firefox Google Toolbar Search History\"><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, clearing search history from Google Toolbar on Internet Explorer and Firefox is slightly a bit different. Not sure why they made it that way\u2026 Although it seems easy to clear Google search history, I did not immediately knew where to clear Google search history in Firefox Google Toolbar. I was searching through the options and the drop-down but I missed clicking the Google logo where the \u201c<strong>Clear Search History<\/strong>\u201d option is.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raymond.cc\/blog\/how-to-delete-individual-urls-from-firefox-address-bar-history\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"How to delete individual URLs from Firefox address bar history\">How to delete individual URLs from Firefox address bar history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raymond.cc\/blog\/delete-a-specific-url-at-the-internet-explorer-address-bar-history\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Delete a specific URL at the Internet Explorer Address Bar History\">Delete a specific URL at the Internet Explorer Address Bar History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raymond.cc\/blog\/how-to-search-and-download-mp3-using-google\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"How To Search and Download MP3 using Google\">How To Search and Download MP3 using Google<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raymond.cc\/blog\/google-tracks-your-search-keywords\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Google tracks your search keywords\">Google tracks your search keywords<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raymond.cc\/blog\/search-files-in-rapidshare-through-google\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Search files in RapidShare through Google\">Search files in RapidShare through Google<\/a><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main reason why some people would like to clear their Google search history from web browser and Google Toolbar is to maintain their privacy. 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