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Deleting search history is easy. I do it all the time, even though I have it (supposedly) set up up to not record my searches. What I'd like to know is how to delete the data stored in the drop-down box when you start typing in a search. It's gotta be stored in a file somewhere on my PC, but I can't find it. I tried using different search engines to find out how to do this, but no one seems to know.

In Firefox under options check the advanced tab. In the general tab there’s a box to uncheck “Search for text when I start typing”

Under Privacy there are boxes to uncheck.

I don’t know if this will help you, or if you have done this already.

Deleting search history is easy. I do it all the time, even though I have it (supposedly) set up up to not record my searches. What I'd like to know is how to delete the data stored in the drop-down box when you start typing in a search. It's gotta be stored in a file somewhere on my PC, but I can't find it. I tried using different search engines to find out how to do this, but no one seems to know.

I think those items that appear in the Google search box have nothing to do with any searches you have done. When you start to type in a search, Google uses the data from all of the searches people make to predict what you are likely to be searching for.

Just now, out of curiosity, I started typing "what is the" and the top query that Google spelled out was "what is the cinnamon challenge?" That most definitely is nothing I've ever searched for before! After making that search, Google then assumed that I wanted more cinnamon challenge searches, and populated the box with those after I had typed a couple of letters. I think, in that case, it was looking at cookies (which you can delete along with the history).

What I'd like to know is how to delete the data stored in the drop-down box when you start typing in a search.

I've never found a way to completely clear a single box in a single operation, but if you highlight the entry you want to remove, you hit the "Del" key, and it goes away. This works in Firefox, not sure about other browsers.

I use this to delete, histories,cookies, almost anything that is tracked.

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