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03-19-2005, 06:47 PM
Red in Chicago

google question

often, i will go to google.com and type in whatever it is that i'm searching for...for some reason, i am still able to see many of items i searched for several months ago, whenever i type in a new search...for example, today i was typing in something that started with the letter "s"...i couldn't remember the spelling, so i paused for a minute...much to my surprise, about 25 google searches from over six months ago appear on a dropdown menu...i know some are over six months ago, because one of the words, was a doctor's name i was looking up for my father back in september '04. i don't understand how these can still be lingering on in my system...i would like to make them disappear, but can't figure it out. i have something called "no trace" that i've used before, but even that didn't work. anyone have any suggestions?
03-19-2005, 06:49 PM
TC81190

Re: google question

Ummmmm.....what don't you want people to know you've been searching for? :D

Best advice. Clear your internet history. That's all I got. Hope that helps.
03-19-2005, 06:51 PM
Red in Chicago

Re: google question

Quote:

Originally Posted by TC81190

Ummmmm.....what don't you want people to know you've been searching for? :D

Best advice. Clear your internet history. That's all I got. Hope that helps.

thanks, but i've tried clearing the internet history...that doesn't work either...it doesn't make sense to me that it won't go away...anyone else?
03-19-2005, 06:54 PM
Larkin Fan

Re: google question

Have you cleared your temporary internet files (cookies)?
03-19-2005, 06:55 PM
TC81190

Re: google question

That too. But if you do that and you have a lot of sites remembering info. (passwords etc. .), it'll wipe that out.
03-19-2005, 07:15 PM
TeamCasey

Re: google question

Do you use the Google toolbar?

If so, try this: click Google - Option - the "more" tab - and check or uncheck the search options at the top.
03-19-2005, 07:36 PM
TRF

Re: google question

You have auto complete turned on. just turn it off.
03-19-2005, 08:02 PM
Red in Chicago

Re: google question

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRF

You have auto complete turned on. just turn it off.

i think we have a winner....thanks very much!!!!! :gac:
03-19-2005, 08:16 PM
pedro

Re: google question

now no one will ever know of your late nite searches for vintage 50's toaster covers with nautical motif's.

http://www.staceyssimplestuff.com/toastercover.JPG
03-19-2005, 10:38 PM
LvJ

Re: google question

Dr's name = animal porn? ;)
03-20-2005, 04:52 AM
GAC

Re: google question

Cleaning out your History/ Temp and Cookie folders will not elimibate your search/address bar entries. There is numerous software (some free) that will accomplish this.

Just off the top of my head, CleanSpace8 is one of them. I have it, and it works great at numerous other tasks also.