Delete and Clear Internet Explorer Address Bar History
Whenever you browse to a website by typing in the Internet link (URL) directly in the address bar of Internet Explorer, 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 Internet Explorer address bar.
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:
- Close all Internet Explorer windows, then click on Start, then Run.
- Run Registry Edit by typing RegEdit in the text box and click OK.
- In Regedit, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Typed URLs
- Delete all of the registry keys (in the form of urlx, where x is 1, 2, 3,….), or just the keys that contains URL link that you doesn’t want to appear in address bar.
Note: If you delete only certain keys, make sure the remaining keys are in sequential order start from url1. Or else all keys will be corrupted and deleted. One way to avoid the problem is the select the URL that you want to keep in the IE address bar before performing above steps, so that the selected links will go on top, hence occupying lower sequence number.
Another way is by right clicking on Start Menu, then click on Properties. Go to Start Menu tab, then click on Customize… (whichever that selectable). Then go to Advanced tab. Under the Recent documents box, click on Clear List will clean the history of IE address bar, as well as listing of recent documents being used or opened.
Alternatively, in Internet Explorer, go to Tools, Internet Options (or go to Control Panel, then click on Internet Options). In General tab, click Clear History. Note that this will also wipe off all your browsing and visited websites or web pages history as well.
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May 2nd, 2009 23:14
Thanx Buddy. It was really helpful.
November 11th, 2006 19:31
[...] It’s possible to delete and remove all or specific typed URL entry in Internet Explorer Address Bar history drop down list. It’s also actually possible to edit the URL link instead of deleting it away, by modifying the URL value in the registry. To do that, simply right click on the desired typed URL you want to edit or modify the link address, and instead of click on Delete, now click on Modify. Alternatively, just double click on the specific URL and then make the required changes. Other than this manual way to edit or delete URLs at Internet Explorer Address Bar history, there are several freeware apps that automate the tasks too. EditURLs – Edit the URL Address Dropdown List for Internet Explorer [...]
October 19th, 2006 17:58
[...] In Internet Explorer 6 and 7 (IE6 and IE7), it’s not possible to simply press delete key to remove a typed URL or web addresses, contrary to this convenient feature available for saved AutoComplete entries for forms. You will need to follow a trick to delete or remove a specific URL from IE address bar history. Visit this article for guide on how to delete and clear URL entry from address bar of Internet Explorer. [...]
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