# Internet Explorer 6 - Address bar.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-6-address-bar/179962>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-6-address-bar/179962 "2003-06-05T23:59:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gephydrophobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Gephydrophobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gephydrophobia)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-6-address-bar/179962/1 "2003-06-05T23:59:19Z")

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When starting to type a web address in the address bar a list of previous websites visited appears as options. How is it possible to delete this information. Clearing History and Temporary Files does not seem to do this. Any ideas peeps?🙂

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-6-address-bar/179962/2 "2003-06-06T00:06:08Z")

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Clearing History does it for me in IE 6…

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-6-address-bar/179962/3 "2003-06-06T00:10:44Z")

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The following programs are free and they work…

Download them and use them…

1. [Adaware](http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/)

2. [Spybot](http://beam.to/spybotsd)

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**Author:** ![Calladair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Calladair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calladair)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-6-address-bar/179962/4 "2003-06-06T00:28:12Z")

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Clearing history works for me in IE 6 as well.

BTW, in case you weren’t aware, the autocomplete feature can be turned off: Tools-\>Internet Options-\>Advanced-\>under “browsing”.

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-6-address-bar/179962/5 "2003-06-06T12:40:26Z")

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Click: Tools, Internet Options, Content, AutoComplete

Adjust your settings to your taste.

Click: OK, OK