clear search box history

[Guest Englisch101]

how to clear search box history? I want to clear all history of my searches in searchbox for windows 7

[alexmvp]

Hmm..

 

Where do you see the history for the searches in the search box? I can't find it.....

[Guest Englisch101]

here's a screenshot

 

 

it's the search in the top right of the explorer windows

[Austin]

Hi Englisch101

 

There are a couple different ways to do this.

 

Method 1. If you are looking to just delete a few of the search terms in your history.

 

From your recently searched history box, highlight the term you would like to delete by hovering your mouse over it. Once highlighted, hit the delete key on your keyboard. Poof its gone! But this can be time consuming.

 

Method 2. If you want to delete all of your search terms from your history box

 

Go to the start menu and open up regedit, then browse to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WordWheelQuery

From there right-click the WordwheelQuery folder and delete it. All Gone! Now you have a clean slate.

[alexmvp]

holy crap are you serious? nice find.

[Kumanina]

You know you should try the easier way go to "start menu"and then to "Control Panel".

After the window has gone up,go to "Network And Internet"And then to