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Delete Address Bar History & Keep Your Privacy
A list of your previously visited websites can clutter your browser and allow others to invade your privacy.
Say goodbye to frequent Windows freezes and restarts. Faster boot ups and more productivity with a faster accelerated system. Get PC Washer Now!  Address bar, also known as the "Location bar", is a text box used to enter a web site address in a browser. Whenever you browse to a website by typing in the Internet link (URL) directly in the address bar, the URL will be saved, and can be viewed by pulling down the list. Due to privacy issue, you may want to remove, delete or clear the history of links from web browser address bar.
How to delete IE address bar history ?
To clear or the history of the address bar in IE only, without deleting your IE History folder, which contains history of links to pages that recently visited, follow these steps:
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Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
Note: As always, before making changes to your registry you should always make sure you have a valid backup. In cases where you're supposed to delete or modify keys or values from the registry it is possible to first export that key or value(s) to a .REG file before performing the changes.
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Locate the following key in the registry:
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Delete all the URLx (e.g. URL1, URL2 and so on) that you do not wish to be visible in the address bar drop down list.
Note: If you delete only certain keys, make sure that the remaining keys are in renamed in sequential order start from url1. Otherwise you might corrupte your remaining keys.
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Close the registry editor.
You can also clear the history of all your recently visited sites, follow these steps:
 To delete address bar in Internet Explorer 7.0:
• Select "Tools"
• Select "Internet Options".
• Open the "General" tab.
• In "Browsing history" area click the "Delete" button.
• To delete list of web sites you have visited (delete Address bar history), click "Delete history" and then click Yes.
• Click Close and then click OK.
To delete address bar history in Internet Explorer 5.x/6.x:
• Go to Tools and select Internet Options.
• Open "General tab", click "Clear history".
• Click "OK".
How to delete Firefox address bar history?
- Delete single URL address from the Auto Complete feature by typing the beginning of the domain name in the Address Bar. Highlight the address with either an arrow key or your mouse and clicking "Shift" and "Delete" on your keyboard. The address should disappear from Firefox's Auto Complete function.
- Remove drop-down lists of address bar history by selecting "Tools" from the browser's menu and choosing "Clear Private Data." Make sure that "Browsing History" is checked before pressing "Clear Private Data Now."
- Disable history to ensure that Address Bar History won't show up again. Go to "Tools" and "Options" in your browser's menu. Locate the "Remember visited pages for the last…days" field and change the number to "0" before clicking "OK" to save your changes. This configuration ensures that your browser won't remember what websites you visit and the addresses won't show on your Address Bar's History on the drop-down menu.
Note: When attempting to delete an address from Firefox's Auto Complete function, do not attempt to click on the address when highlighting it. Clicking on the address will take you to the URL--even if you right-click. Deleting all Address Bar History could result in the deletion of all of your browser's history.
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