How to delete Search Box AutoComplete information

A lot of times when I am surfing the web I come to a site that has an
information search box. When I click inside of it there is often a window
that pops up showing all my previous queries and entries. What is the name
of that kind of box, and more importantly, how do I delete the contents of
the box??

Ted Smith

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:27:01 -0600, Ted Smith wrote:

> A lot of times when I am surfing the web I come to a site that has an
> information search box. When I click inside of it there is often a window
> that pops up showing all my previous queries and entries. What is the name
> of that kind of box, and more importantly, how do I delete the contents of
> the box??
>
> Ted Smith

It's a drop-down list, IIRC. They are used all over Windows...This one
might be called a history list also, since that's what it's used for.

This works for me, for some history lists: use the down arrow to highlight
an entry and press the delete key. I know of no way to delete several
entries simultaneously.

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Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

Hi,

Tools/Options/Content tab, click on the box for autocomplete settings.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
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>A lot of times when I am surfing the web I come to a site that has an
>information search box. When I click inside of it there is often a window
>that pops up showing all my previous queries and entries. What is the name
>of that kind of box, and more importantly, how do I delete the contents of
>the box??
>
> Ted Smith
>

Thank you Gene. I tried that out right away and your method works great.
Rick Rogers also replied with a system based solution to the problem and I
didn't get to try it until today. It also works so you might want to read
that too.

Ted Smith


"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:27:01 -0600, Ted Smith wrote:
>
>> A lot of times when I am surfing the web I come to a site that has an
>> information search box. When I click inside of it there is often a
>> window
>> that pops up showing all my previous queries and entries. What is the
>> name
>> of that kind of box, and more importantly, how do I delete the contents
>> of
>> the box??
>>
>> Ted Smith
>
> It's a drop-down list, IIRC. They are used all over Windows...This one
> might be called a history list also, since that's what it's used for.
>
> This works for me, for some history lists: use the down arrow to highlight
> an entry and press the delete key. I know of no way to delete several
> entries simultaneously.
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

Hi Rick. I didn't get to try your suggestion until a few minutes ago. It
worked great, and really fast too. Thanks a bunch.

Ted Smith


"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> Tools/Options/Content tab, click on the box for autocomplete settings.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Ted Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:O9csL%...
>>A lot of times when I am surfing the web I come to a site that has an
>>information search box. When I click inside of it there is often a window
>>that pops up showing all my previous queries and entries. What is the
>>name of that kind of box, and more importantly, how do I delete the
>>contents of the box??
>>
>> Ted Smith
>>
>

You're more than welcome. I'm glad it worked & glad you told me, since I
wasn't totally sure.

Thanks for pointing me to Rick's suggestion. I had already looked at it
when he posted it; however, I'm using Firefox and couldn't find the
Autocomplete settings. I even looked in other places besides where Rick
pointed.

They might be there, it might be a PEBCAK here :-)

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:11:33 -0600, Ted Smith wrote:

> Thank you Gene. I tried that out right away and your method works great.
> Rick Rogers also replied with a system based solution to the problem and I
> didn't get to try it until today. It also works so you might want to read
> that too.
>
> Ted Smith
>
>
> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
> news:rery7wy7mjip.5f0jrunxjagp$....
>> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:27:01 -0600, Ted Smith wrote:
>>
>>> A lot of times when I am surfing the web I come to a site that has an
>>> information search box. When I click inside of it there is often a
>>> window
>>> that pops up showing all my previous queries and entries. What is the
>>> name
>>> of that kind of box, and more importantly, how do I delete the contents
>>> of
>>> the box??
>>>
>>> Ted Smith
>>
>> It's a drop-down list, IIRC. They are used all over Windows...This one
>> might be called a history list also, since that's what it's used for.
>>
>> This works for me, for some history lists: use the down arrow to highlight
>> an entry and press the delete key. I know of no way to delete several
>> entries simultaneously.
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom


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