# Defrosting/drying the inside of a car windshield in winter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defrosting-drying-the-inside-of-a-car-windshield-in-winter/731456>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2015, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defrosting-drying-the-inside-of-a-car-windshield-in-winter/731456 "2015-09-16T09:22:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defrosting-drying-the-inside-of-a-car-windshield-in-winter/731456/41 "2015-10-12T05:33:37Z")

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> [@Hail\_Ants](#):
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> Most modern cars have servo-controlled heating/cooling vent selection but if yours doesn’t one thing to remember is: Make absolutely sure **you do NOT have it set to recirculate** when defogging the windshield.

Now that I confirmed what the defroster is, I can say my car doesn’t allow the recirculate to be on when I have chosen the windshield picture or the windshield/feet picture.

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