Clearing Past Searches

Instructions appear below for clearing and/or disabling your search history in common browsers.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

1. Go to the Tools menu.
2. Select Internet Options and the General tab.
3. Click the Clear History button. To completely disable the history function, set Days to keep pages in history to zero ('0').
4. Click OK to exit.

MSN

• If you're using the Microsoft Network (MSN), changes made in Internet Explorer (IE) will take effect in your MSN browser. After making changes in IE, you'll need to sign out of and back into MSN for the changes to take effect.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to the Tools menu.
2. Select Options > Privacy > History.
3. Click Clear. To completely disable the history function, set Remember visited pages for the last X days to zero ('0').
4. Click OK to exit.

Safari

1. Click History on the top menu.
2. Click Clear History at the bottom of the menu

Search Box HistoryThe search history that displays in the search box on the Google homepage is stored by your browser, not by Google. Instructions appear below for disabling this search history in common browsers. If your browser isn't listed, we suggest consulting its online support center.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

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1. Go to the Tools menu.
2. Select Internet Options and the Content tab.
3. Within the Personal information area, select AutoComplete.
4. Click Clear Forms. You can also un-check the Forms box in this window to keep this information from being stored in the future.
5. Click OK to exit.

Alternatively, you can delete individual entries from your search history by using the Down arrow key to highlight a previous search, then pressing the Delete key once.

MSN

• If you're using the Microsoft Network (MSN), changes made in Internet Explorer (IE) will take effect in your MSN browser. After making changes in IE, you'll need to sign out of and back into MSN for the changes to take effect.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to the Tools menu.
2. Select Options > Privacy > Saved Form Information.
3. Click Clear and un-check the box.
4. Click OK to exit.

Safari

1. Go to the Safari menu and select Preferences.
2. From the menus that pop up, select Autofill.
3. Go to Other forms line and select the Edit button.
4. From the list of sites for which AutoFill is currently being applied, select Google.com > Remove > Done.