# How does one clear Windows Media Player history?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-clear-windows-media-player-history/122493>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-clear-windows-media-player-history/122493 "2002-08-05T23:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-clear-windows-media-player-history/122493/1 "2002-08-05T23:07:57Z")

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I saw on Tech TV today that you can clear the history of windows media player. Not that it’s a big deal, but how do you do it?

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-clear-windows-media-player-history/122493/2 "2002-08-05T23:20:48Z")

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Um…

Paper towels and a squirt of Windex?  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-clear-windows-media-player-history/122493/3 "2002-08-05T23:43:40Z")

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In the registry:  
HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentURLlist

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**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-clear-windows-media-player-history/122493/4 "2002-08-06T02:36:39Z")

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That’s weird **Mahaloth** , I loggd on to ask that same question.

Oh, and thanks **Sailor**. Worked great  
Umm…not that I was watching any questionable material or anything. I just needed to clear all those self-improvement and bible study videos I was watching.