How to delete query history in Yandex.Browser
Once again, welcome to our website! Today we will talk about how to delete the query history in Yandex.Browser. In this case, several options will be considered at once, allowing you to erase the data of the browser itself or the list of Yandex search suggestions. However, first things first. Let's get right down to business without delay.
All detailed step-by-step instructions below are shown on the example of the Windows 10 operating system. However, in other operating systems from Microsoft (Windows XP, 7 or 8), you can do the same.
Clearing browser history
We will start by clearing the browser history. This will delete all records of the sites you visited and erase data about downloaded files. In order to do this, we take a few simple steps:
- To clear the history in any browser, we can use the combination of hot buttons [knopka]Ctrl[/knopka]+[knopka]Shift[/knopka]+[knopka]Del[/knopka] on your PC keyboard.
- As a result, a small window will open in which we can select the data cleaning period, the types of records to be deleted from the history, and click the process start button.
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Ask Daria Please note: you will not be able to restore the history cleared in this way.
Removing search suggestions
Search suggestions are words that Yandex completes your query in the search bar. So, we can erase all the tips that Yandex has given us lately. This is done as follows:
- We go to the home page of the search network and in the upper right corner click the start settings button.
- In the small drop-down menu, select the item indicated in the second screenshot.
- Switch to the "Search" tab and in the menu that appears, select the function of cleaning it.
- When you complete the three steps described above, save the settings by clicking on the button of the same name, located at the very bottom of the page.
See also: How to delete queries in the Yandex search bar
After that, search suggestions from Yandex will not disappear anywhere, but they will begin to take into account your interests from this very moment. In other words, all history that was stored on the servers of the search engine before will be erased.
Disabling hints
If you do not need search suggestions from Yandex.Browser at all, and from the search engine itself, we can disable them completely. This is not difficult to implement, now you yourself will understand how:
- As in the previous case, we visit the Yandex search home page. However, this time we scroll the contents to the very bottom and select the button that we marked in the first screenshot.
- We scroll through the contents of the settings until we get to the block with the name "Search results settings". In the lower right side of the window, namely, the search area, uncheck two checkboxes opposite the items: “Consider my search history in results” and “Show my favorite sites in tips” (2 screenshot).
- In order for all the settings we have made to be saved, press the button indicated in the last screenshot.
By the way, all the same can be done in any other browser, not necessarily Yandex. This works in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera or Mozilla Firefox. In addition, in all these browsers, we can also use the hotkey combination that we wrote about in the first section of our article.
As a result, Yandex search and the browser will no longer offer you hints and remember your surfing history.
Should I disable history?
A little higher, we told you how to turn off query history in Yandex.Browser. However, before doing this, consider whether it is necessary? We are sure that search suggestions are a very useful and necessary functionality. In addition, we see no reason why they can interfere with the user.
See also: How to download Yandex.Disk to your computer
Video instruction
We also recommend that you watch the training video on this topic.
Finally
Now that you understand well how to delete the query history in Yandex.Browser, we can safely end our article. However, if any questions still remain, feel free to ask them in the comments. We will definitely read the message from each of you and as soon as possible we will give an answer that can help in this or that situation.