# Clearing auto-fills in IE

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-auto-fills-in-ie/185629>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 1, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-auto-fills-in-ie/185629 "2003-07-01T18:29:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-auto-fills-in-ie/185629/1 "2003-07-01T18:29:57Z")

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You know how when you’re typing in a form in Internet Explorer and it auto-fills information you’ve previously typed? Very handy, no? Except when you’re talking about hundreds of similar pieces of information coming up for each field. So how in sam hill do I clear these out so I can start fresh? What would be wicked cool would be if I could do it on a website-by-website basis but if it’s an all-or-nothing deal I’ll take that too.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-auto-fills-in-ie/185629/2 "2003-07-01T18:37:33Z")

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Go to **Tools|Internet Options|Content** , click **AutoComplete** , and hit **Clear Forms**.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearing-auto-fills-in-ie/185629/3 "2003-07-01T19:44:38Z")

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You can also clear individual items from AutoComplete dropdown lists by hovering the cursor over the item to be deleted and hitting the DEL key.