# Deleting previous google searches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-previous-google-searches/208191>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-previous-google-searches/208191 "2003-10-18T13:00:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LiquidAmber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@LiquidAmber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiquidAmber)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-previous-google-searches/208191/1 "2003-10-18T13:00:37Z")

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Does anyone know how to do this? The google searches I type are automatically coming up whenever I do E-bay searches. I would like to know if anyone knows how to purge out the old searches. I’ve tried deleting cookies, temp files, and history without any luck. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-previous-google-searches/208191/2 "2003-10-18T13:52:02Z")

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Tools; Internet Options; Content; AutoComplete  
This brings up a control that you can use to clear and then turn off the AutoComplete feature.  
Assuming you are using IE, that is…

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**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-previous-google-searches/208191/3 "2003-10-18T14:13:10Z")

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To get rid of individual entries, in the drop-down make sure the word is highlighted, then hit the delete key. Repeat for every word you want gone.

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**Author:** ![LiquidAmber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@LiquidAmber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiquidAmber)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-previous-google-searches/208191/4 "2003-10-18T15:19:46Z")

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Thanks…that did the trick