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Q: Using Google. ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Using Google.
Category: Computers > Internet
Asked by: redandblue-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 26 May 2004 05:45 PDT
Expires: 25 Jun 2004 05:45 PDT
Question ID: 352116
There are sites that are permanently held in the address menu of my
Google page. Some of these sites I do not want my boss to see. How do
I permamently eliminate these addresses from the address menu of my
Google page?
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Subject: Re: Using Google.
Answered By: politicalguru-ga on 26 May 2004 11:22 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Dear Red and Blue, 

"Remembering" search terms is not unique to Google. This is, in fact,
more of a feature of the browser you're using (the most popular one is
Internet Explorer 6.0).

There are several occasions in which your browser could show you what
web sites you already visited.

You are probably using Internet Explorer on Windows. You could remove
this function, called "Auto Complete", like that:

(1) Go to Start  --->  "Settings" ----> Control Panel (or: click on
"Tools" on the top of your browser)

(2) Choose Internet Options 

(3) Choose "Content", in the folders beginning with "General" and
ending with "Advanced" (with
Security-privacy-content-connections-programmes in the middle).

(4) Click on "Auto Complete" and remove approvals next to "forms". 

(5) Click OK, then "Apply"/OK. 

[Note: If your computer is not in English, the names might change, but
not the way to remove Auto Complete].

In addition, you could also delete your history, that is - the sites
that you've visited in the past, by doing another process:

(1) Repeat stages 1-2 in the first instructions. 
(2) Choose the folder "General"
(3) Click on "delete cookies" (if you haven't done it for a while, it
might take some time)
(4) Click on "delete files" and approve deletion also of off-line content. 
(5) Click on "clear history" - you could decide how many days you
would like your computer to keep history in the first place.

Marcy Zitz from About.com provides here more information on the "Auto
Complete" feature and how to disable it:
<http://familyinternet.about.com/library/weekly/aa072501a.htm>

I hope this answered your question. Please contact me if you need any
clarification on this answer before you rate it.
redandblue-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
perfect...many thanks....

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