The following tutorial will teach you how to delete your Google search history to maintain privacy.
Clearing Google Search History In Internet Explorer
Your search history is actually being stored by your browser and not by Google itself. To erase the history or to disable this feature altogether, follow these instructions:
1. Open the “Tools” menu
2. Then click on “Internet Options”
3. Select the “Content” tab
4. Finally click on “AutoComplete”, located in the “Personal Information” section.
One can also erase individual entries from the Google search history by pressing Down on the keyboard to highlight previous searches and then pressing the Delete key.
Clearing Google Search History In Mozilla Firefox
Firefox is similar to Internet Explorer, in that one can also erase the search history or disable search history altogether. To do this in Firefox follow these instructions.
1. First, open the “Tools” menu
2. Then click on “Options”
3. Click on the “Privacy” tab
4. Locate the “Saved Form Information” area. If you would like to clear the current history click on “Clear” To disable this feature entirely, uncheck the “Save information I enter in web page forms and the search bar” . Another way to clear the search history fairly quickly is to move your cursor into the search box, right click it and then select “clear search history.” This is quicker for erasing your history in the spur of the moment .
Deleting search history from the Google Toolbar
The Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer also retains the search history if you let it. Clearing the current search history or disabling the feature in the browser does not affect the Google Toolbar. You have to do it in the Toolbar separately. To completely disable your Toolbar’s search history
1. Select the “Options” button on the Toolbar
2. Un-check the box next to “Drop-down search history”
To erase the current search history:
1. First click on the Google logo to access the drop-down menu
2. Then click on “Clear Search History”.
Deleting Search History From the Googlebar Firefox Extension
To fully disable Googlebar’s search history:
1. First, click on the Googlebar logo at the left side of the bar
2. Then click “Googlebar Options”
3. Now choose the Miscellaneous tab
4. Finally, uncheck “Preserve the search history across browser sessions” located in the “Save History” section,