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September 26, 2003

How can I clear the Google Toolbar search history in the registry?

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A. The Google Toolbar is an add-on search tool for Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). To clear the toolbar's search history, perform the following steps:

  1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
  2. Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\NavClient\1.1 registry subkey (yes, the registry subkey is 1.1, even though you might have installed version 2.0 of the toolbar).
  3. Select the History subkey, click the Del key on your keyboard, then click Yes to the confirmation.
  4. Close the registry editor.

You will need to log off and log on to clear the cache of previous searches within IE.

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Reader Comments
Hello,
I tried ur solution above but i can only find software subkey, and cant find google in it, iam using explorer version 7, whats the problem ?

Thank you,

Waiting for ur reply,

Ali

Ali October 26, 2003


Extremely useful!

Giancarlo December 19, 2003


make the information more clear. E.g show screenshots of how to perform the actinos

be n December 28, 2003


nice trick :)

nice trick April 06, 2004


did not work

James April 07, 2004


i just want to remove the tool bar that came up in my computer

Luis Omar gonzalez April 29, 2004


How could it be more clear? It is in simple steps. The only thing I would have added is that to open regedit.exe, click Start, then click run, then simply type in regedit.exe and hit enter.

Brad June 17, 2004


1. On the Google Bar, select options, Select the More tab, and uncheck the first checkbox.

Anonymous User December 27, 2004


From Google's own help files:

1. Click on the 'Google' logo to access the drop-down menu.
2. Select the 'Clear Search History' option. This will clear all the previous searches from the drop-down box.

Please note that this only clears the search history from the Google Toolbar, which is entirely separate from the search history stored by your browser.

To clear your history from the search box on the Google homepage:

The search history that displays in the search box on the Google homepage is stored by your browser, not by Google. To disable this feature on Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) versions 5.0 and higher:

1. Go to the 'Tools' menu.
2. Select 'Internet Options.'
3. Select the 'Content' tab.
4. Within the 'Personal Information' area, select 'AutoComplete.'
5. Click on 'Clear Forms.' You can also uncheck the 'Forms' box in this same window to keep this information from being stored in the future.

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

To clear your history from Internet Explorer:

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

For further assistance, answers to some of Google's most frequently asked
questions can be found at http://www.google.com/help/index.html


Anonymous User January 08, 2005


WORKED LIKE A CHARM! VERY EASY.

Anonymous User January 14, 2005 (Article Rating: )


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