Google help! cant delete previous searches....

rsta

hello
i hope you can help me on this!......
i have been searching away this and that on google but its not my computer and i dont want the owner to know what i been looking at..

so i went to tools, internet options and cleared the search history,delete files etc. and i thought that would clear the google search history too.

but it didnt....

so now if i open up google and type even the first letter of the thing i was searching a drop down menu comes up with everything ever typed into google beginning with that letter.

please help me how do i clear this history....

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Ohhhhhhh looking up pron. Tsk Tsk
Have you cleared cookies?

vibe666

would that not be under the 'autocomplete' feature of IE?

not sure, don't use it that much.

rsta

hi sean yes ive deleted cookies, ive just done the whole deleting thing again on tools and internet options and checked google but it still comes up with the drop down menu .....

hi vibe, no its not an automatic thing....

please help i only have a couple of hours left before the owner comes back...

(and no i wasnt looking up any pron!! cheeky!)

Malafus

Vibe is right.

Internet Options -> Content -> Autocomplete -> "Clear forms"

Pacifico

Not that i ever use IE, but Vibe is right. Go to Internet Options, Content, AutoComplete and clear forms...

Edit: Heh, too slow

rsta

oh my god thank you so much!

Vibe sorry i didnt understand what u meant, thanks that worked!

Thanks malafus and pacifico you helped me out big time!

drinks are on me cheers

Gaillimhtaibhse

rsta wrote:

hello
i hope you can help me on this!......
i have been searching away this and that on google but its not my computer and i dont want the owner to know what i been looking at..

so i went to tools, internet options and cleared the search history,delete files etc. and i thought that would clear the google search history too.

but it didnt....

so now if i open up google and type even the first letter of the thing i was searching a drop down menu comes up with everything ever typed into google beginning with that letter.

please help me how do i clear this history....

If your computer friend is not suspicious or computer savvy, then perhaps the below might be useful? I assume you would like to detele most of your history related to your Google surfing? CAUTION: Please note that I am only a novice and still have a lot to learn. There are people on these boards light years ahead of me in terms of expertise. If they advise otherwise, follow them. SECONDARY CAUTION: If your friend is computer savvy and suspicious, there are other footprints left thanks to Windows, but not as obvious.

If using Windows XP and Internet Explorer:
1. Look for "tools" on the top tool bar of Internet Explorer
2. click "tools"
3. open "Internet Options"
4. the "General Tab" should open by default, if not, click it
5. click "delete cookies"
6. click "delete files"
7. when a window opens up, click "delete all offline content", then "OK"
8. click "clear history", then "OK"
9. now look back at the top tool bar and click "Content"
10. when window opens up, click "auto complete"
11. now click "clear forms"
12. click "clear passwords"
13. click "OK" and then "OK" and your back to Internet Explorer

Remember, there are other more subtle footprints left by you, but if your friend is not suspicious or savvy, then this might do.

Now, if (s)he has Microsoft AntiSpyware (beta 1) installed, open this and click the button with two gears. If all the bold line boxes are checked, then you can delete a lot of tracks (17 or 18 or whatever) by clicking that button.

After having done the above, there are still more footprints left. If (s)he has Ad-Aware SE Personal installed, then it will still find anyplace from 1 to 3 footprints after you did all of the above!

MALWARE: And if you have been visiting "those sites", remember you may have also allowed a host of nasty malware infections into your friends system (cookies, adware, viruses, worms, trojans, RATs, etc., etc.). If I was she, I would not be very happy with you if I found out that you were not only visiting those sites, but also trashing my machine.

REMINDER: There are much better computer hackers, crackers and geeks than novice me, so listen to them first. Also, even if you do all of the above, and your friend is both suspicious and savvy, (s)he can find out that something is amiss. Good luck!

tba

rsta wrote:

i dont want the owner to know what i been looking at

come on spill the beans!

Gaillimhtaibhse

Good reference book: Hacking Windows XP by Steve Sinchak. Wiley Publishing (2004). Chapter 14: "Protecting Your Privacy."

netwhizkid

rsta wrote:

hello
i hope you can help me on this!......
i have been searching away this and that on google but its not my computer and i dont want the owner to know what i been looking at..

so i went to tools, internet options and cleared the search history,delete files etc. and i thought that would clear the google search history too.

but it didnt....

so now if i open up google and type even the first letter of the thing i was searching a drop down menu comes up with everything ever typed into google beginning with that letter.

please help me how do i clear this history....

If you were searching on the goolge website then it's tools->Internet Options->Content->Autocomplete->Clear forms and passwords if neccesary.

If it was on the Google toolbar then just click the drop down arrow next to the Google logo and click search history. Hope this helps:)

rsta

Thanks for all your replies!
I have it well sorted now... my tracks are covered

So what were you looking at?

Rhyme

Deleted User wrote:

So what were you looking at?

pr0n... lots of it.

Actually that titbit of information helped me out also, id usually type the first 3 or 4 letters and scroll to searches... the scrolling got tedious and this gives me a fresh start

eg: iaranrod eireann (just so you know it wasnt something rude :v: )

magick

i have been searching away this and that on google but its not my computer and i dont want the owner to know what i been looking at..

.................Beastiality :v:

Gaillimhtaibhse

Gaillimhtaibhse wrote:

MALWARE: And if you have been visiting "those sites", remember you may have also allowed a host of nasty malware infections into your friends system (cookies, adware, viruses, worms, trojans, RATs, etc., etc.). If I was she, I would not be very happy with you if I found out that you were not only visiting those sites, but also trashing my machine.

"Those sites" you admit to visiting could trash your friend's machine, even if she/he has the newest Norton, or MacAfee, or whatever. The latest anti-virus programmes are notoriously running behind the vast wave of malware that is being produced (cited in Wired and PC World magazines recently). That's why many publications are recommending that you run several types of anti-malware software at one time, including double or more firewalls. And even after doing this, all may not be stopped or otherwise detected. "Those sites" are listed in the top two for malware infection locations. Don't you care????:rolleyes:

rsta

i see there have been a few more replies... just to clear my name i have to reply to say i wasnt looking up prOn!
OK!

Sherifu

you'll go blind young lad.

Khannie

rsta wrote:

just to clear my name i have to reply to say i wasnt looking up prOn!

You think that not looking up pr0n = good name.

I think you'll find you'd be the odd one out if you didn't google pr0n.

rsta

Khannie wrote:

You think that not looking up pr0n = good name.

I think you'll find you'd be the odd one out if you didn't google pr0n.

i wouldnt be looking it up on a friends computer without their knowledge...!

Theres a time and place... thats not one of them!

Clinical Waste

Rhyme wrote:

pr0n... lots of it.

Actually that titbit of information helped me out also, id usually type the first 3 or 4 letters and scroll to searches... the scrolling got tedious and this gives me a fresh start

eg: iaranrod eireann (just so you know it wasnt something rude :v: )

er, how many places would you have previously searched starting with iar... that you had to scroll down a list to get to iaranrod eireann

Mine you, I can't even think of an deviant activities starting with iar...:D

Hagar

Cyberscrub is a good bet if you want to keep things "tidy".
It will also clear playlists and most recently opened/used files for a whole bunch of apps.

Idgeitman

Its funney when ever someone was ever asked me how to stop the autocomplete, you just know they've been looking at porn :P.