Dumb question about the 'search' feature

[Sterkarm]

Hello,

I was just wondering how you turn off the feature that shows everything you've ever searched for..

Uh kind of hard to explain but ever since i've had my laptop.. If i go to google for example and hit the letter 'a' everything that i've searched for with the letter 'a' pops up. It's gotten kind of annoying because I dont care that I searched for 'apples' 6 months ago.

Any idea if theres a setting to turn that off?

[jabroni]

for firefox:

tools
options
privacy
saved forms
uncheck save information blah blah blah

not sure for ie but im sure its similar.

[Karnage]

i think if you clear your history, it gets rid of that too.

[Janus]

turn off autocomplete

[Sterkarm]

how do i turn off autocomplete?

[Nine]

Internet Options>Content>Auto Complete

[Sterkarm]

Thanks for not making fun of me for being so computer illiterate guys hah.

uh last question. Now thats it all cleared, how do I make it stop doing it in the first place?

[Nine]

I think when you first enter something into a text field it asks if you want to.

[Devy]

Thanks for not making fun of me for being so computer illiterate guys hah.

uh last question. Now thats it all cleared, how do I make it stop doing it in the first place?

also same place as where you clear it
In IE:
- Internet Options
- Content tab
- Auto Complete button
- Uncheck "Forms" under autocomplete section.

[spin]

you dont want others to find out that you searched for 'gay porn' do you :O

[Zogo]

you can also highlite them and push the "delete" key to remove them.

[Sterkarm]

you dont want others to find out that you searched for 'gay porn' do you :O

exactly!

thanks for the help everyone