How can you clear toolbar search history in IE 8?

Factual Questions
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Is there any way to clear the search history on the tool bar that automatically comes with IE 8 (not the Google toolbar, but the one in the far upper righthand corner.) You know, the one where you type in the first couple of letters of a word, and it happily pops up with everything ELSE you’ve ever searched for… I have tried everything and looked everywhere for an answer, and nobody else seems to know either. (I would be happy to uninstall IE8, but that’s another weird problem-- IE shows up on my shortcut computer menu and my list of programs, but NOT on my control panel “install and uninstall programs” list; I have searched and searched and searched. One weird problem at a time. :confused:) All suggestions much appreciated!

Anise

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Safety, Delete Browsing History, check History, click delete. You can also delete individual entries by highlighting one and clicking the red “X” on the right.

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And in addition you can also go to Tools>Internet options and where is says Browsing history check the box that says ‘delete browsing history upon exit’. Then every time that you close IE it will dump the history.

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That was one of the earlier suggestions I found that didn’t do any good-- I think because it related specifically to the search history in that toolbar?? But clicking the red x worked! :slight_smile: Thank you so much! It’s such a simple solution, but there are many poor lost souls wandering the internet who haven’t found it yet.

Anise