OK, I give up.
I thought I was savvy about this stuff, but I’m stumped.
How do I delete a pulldown entry in the Address bar, a record of a URL I typed in?
Right clicking, or pressing <Del> or <backspace> while highlighting the entry used to work, but I upgraded to IE6 not long ago, and that’s not the only thing I used to know how to do…
TIA.
I havent used internet explorer since i switched to firefox but IIRC choosing to clear history in Tolls/Internet Options will clear all of those.
by Tolls I mean Tools sorry.
If you don’t want to wipe out all of your history, I believe that if you click on the “history” icon on the toolbar, which brings up a menu of all your site visits on the left, you can then right-click and choose delete for any one of those history items.
In addition to the above, if you download TweakUI, there is a “Paranoia” tab which will delete your “recently visited URLs”. But clearing your history is the easiest way to wipe out all history, and all the URLs stored in the dropdown box.
I am not aware of any way to delete an individual URL, although I’ve tried. Even if you delete the specific entry from your history, it will still remain in the dropdown box.
One way I found to circumvent the URL showing up in the list at all is to go to google, and type the URL in the search bar. This will bring up a link to the website, and you can click on it, without there being a record in the dropdown list. You can remove the site in question from your history. This way, there are still SOME entries in the dropdown list (nothing raises curiosity like a newly cleaned out history) but not the site in question.
What? I was trying to buy someone a birthday present and the site name would have given it away in a heartbeat.
Wow. I thought I’d be able to answer this question in two minutes. It’s surprising and disturbing that I can’t.
The URLs you’re seeing in the dropdown menu from the IE address bar are stored in a folder somewhere on your machine. It’s a very simple matter to delete any given link once you know where they’re stored, just by navigating to the proper folder using the “explore” function for “my computer”. No muss, no fuss.
I assumed these would be under C:>Documents and Settings>[name of your account].
I was wrong.
Still searching, and will re-post if I find the proper location, but be aware that your mileage may vary, as the browser version nay not be the only relevant variable.
I do want to mention, however, that Microsoft – despite their “shocked, shocked” denials – is systematically and intentionally devious. For instance, they use deceptive practices to associate .net passports with user accounts on local machines so they can gather information about individuals’ surfing habits. There used to be a one-click option to remove a .net passport from a user account under Start>Control Panel>User Accounts. Apparently, however, this made it too easy for people to stop MS from spying on them, so that option no longer exists. I’ve written to MS requesting that they send me clear unambiguous directions for preventing my user account (that is, my login name on my personal computer) from being associated with a .net passport against my will, but have gotten no response.
I mention this b/c it’s important to understand who you’re dealing with, and that IE6’s manufacturer might have gone out of its way to prevent you from performing the task you wish to perform.
Will work on this and report any progress.