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Old 05-15-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Clearing Google Browsing History

Hi Steve,

Not something I've noticed myself but there are some things you can do.

Firstly, I'm making some assumptions:
We are talking about IE7 and not firefox etc? and you are using the "Tools">"Delete Browsing History..." menu and using the "Delete All..." button to achieve this and that you have ticked the "Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons." checkbox. You are running the latest version of Google Toolbar?

As a general rule I would strongly recommend creating a windows user login for each family member, this makes life easier in so many ways and completely removes the necessity to clear history data such as you have mentioned. If this is not possible for some reason then I would suggest disabling the history for Google toolbar until a fix is released (you could check the google forums for information), this is done in "Toolbar Options">"Features">"Search Box Settings" and un-tick "Suggest Popular Searches" and "Suggest searches from my search history"

Failing all of that there is a shortcut to clear the google search history: type a letter or two in the toolbar search box and a link will appear at the bottom called "Clear History" click that and you're there.

Hope that helps.

Marv.
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