Delete Search Results: Cover your tracks

Ever search for something questionable on someone else system and go into a hyperventilation panic when you notice that their computer is retaining the keywords you typed into their search engine?  

You typed in “boobies” on your mom's computer and now the word pops up everytime you type a “B”!!

Perhaps it was your spouses system and your were searching for evidence of pornography.

Maybe it was your kids computer and you want to make sure they are o.k. mentally.

Maybe your Internet connection has been down for a while and you’ve had to use your friends system or a public system.

Whatever the case maybe it is none of my business.  And you don’t want it to be the business of the other who will use the system after you.

Here are two simple techniques to get rid of those bad keywords.

For Window XP “Recently Opened Documents”:

To delete “my Recent Documents”

Right – Click on the “Start” button

Select “Properties”

On the Start Menu Tab, Select “Customize”

Select the “Advance Tab”

Select the “Clear List” button at the bottom.  Don’t worry, it will NOT delete the files.  (Deselect the checkbox if you don’t want the system to track previously opened files)

For Windows XP, Internet Explorer:

In IE, Select “Tools”

Go to “Internet Option” at the bottom of the Tools list

Under Temporary Internet Files select “Delete Cookies” and “Delete Files”

To delete the history of the websites you searched select “Clear History”