How do I clear my address bar history?

Question:

How do I clear my address bar history?

Additional information:

This document explains how to clear the history of your Internet browser's address bar. If you are looking for information on how to clear your forms in Internet Explorer, please see document CH000553. In addition, see our below dictionary definitions for additional information about each of these terms.

Address bar
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Location bar

Reasoning:

To stop listing the pages a user has recently visited or searched for, they may wish to clear the address bar history.

Answer:

Microsoft Internet Explorer users

Viewing address bar history

Internet Explorer users can view the address bar history by clicking the down arrow on the far right side of the text box.

Deleting address bar history

Users can delete the address bar history by clearing their history on their browser. Additional information about how to do this can be found on document CH000510.

Mozilla Firefox users

Viewing address bar history

Mozilla Firefox users can view the location bar history by clicking the down arrow on the far right side of the text box.

Deleting address bar history

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 users can clear their history by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Options", clicking the "Privacy" button, and under "History" click the "Clear" button.

Netscape users

Viewing location bar history

Netscape users can view the location bar history by clicking the down arrow on the far right side of the text box.

Deleting location bar history

Netscape users can delete their history files by clicking the "Edit" menu, "Preferences", "History", and click the "Clear Location Bar" button.

Opera users

Viewing address bar history

Opera users can view the location bar history by clicking the down arrow on the far right side of the text box.

Deleting address bar history

Opera users can delete their history by clicking the File menu, Preferences, History, and click the clear button next to Typed in.