Google is the world's most-used search engine, so it's no wonder you've entered all kinds of search terms in your Google search window. But at some point you may have typed in a search term you don't want other people who use your computer to see. Fortunately you can delete recent searches you've entered in the Google search engine. However, your searches are stored in your web browser and not Google itself, so you'll need to clear the history on each browser on your computer in order to delete your recent Google searches.
Instructions
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Open Internet Explorer, and go to the "Tools" menu. Click "Delete Browsing History," then select both "Delete history" and "Delete forms." Click "yes" in the pop-up confirmation box for each. Click "Close," then close Internet Explorer.
2Open Firefox, go to the "Tools" menu and select "Options." Choose "Clear Recent History." In the "Time range to clear" drop-down menu, choose the time period you'd like to clear--it ranges from "Last hour" to "Everything." Check the boxes for "Browsing & Download History" and "Form & Search History" and click "OK." Close Firefox.
3Open Chrome and go to the "Tools" menu--this isn't labeled, but is marked with an icon that looks like a wrench. Click "Options" and go to the "Under the Hood" tab. Click the "Clear Browsing Data" button and in the drop-down menu next to "Clear data from this period" choose the time period you'd like to clear. Check the box next to "Clear browsing history" and click the "Clear browsing data" button. Click "Close" and close Chrome.
