how clear auto complete list?

A

~AMDT~

Hi,
I have some misspelled sites and can't get them out of the auto complete
list. What I want to do, is just erase the
entire list and start over. Is there a way to do that?

TIA,

alex
 
B

Bruce Hagen

Put the cursor over the address and it will highlight. Tap the Delete key
and it's gone.
 
A

~AMDT~

Thanks for the suggestion Bruce, but that's the first thing
I did. It doesn't work on this system for some reason.
 
A

~AMDT~

Hi Don,
I did as you suggested and also unchecked the other things there, but the
auto fill still auto fills.
Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Alex

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
See the options at Internet Options> Content> Autocomplete. You'll want to
clear the History.

More information at
217148 - How to Use the AutoComplete Feature in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=217148

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"~AMDT~" wrote in message news:%[email protected]...
Hi,
I have some misspelled sites and can't get them out of the auto complete
list. What I want to do, is just erase the
entire list and start over. Is there a way to do that?

TIA,

alex
 
J

Jim Byrd

Hi AMDT - To delete ALL Addresses in the Drop Down list, go here and
download and install Mike Burgess' DelTypedURL.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm See below for Selective Delete.

You can also get DelSearchMRU.inf at
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelSearchMRU.inf

Note: this does not remove entries entered via AutoComplete. To remove
hidden AutoComplete entries in History:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm#AutoComplete


IMPORTANT NOTE: Be sure that ALL instances of IE6 are CLOSED before you do
the install of this (these) .inf files. Otherwise the "old" entries will
just be re-written back to the Registry when you close IE.

Some free third party alternatives are:
http://www.handyarchive.com/Internet/Browsers-Plugins/2440-Clear-IE-History.html
http://www.handyarchive.com/Internet/Security/11842--1Free-History-Eraser.html
http://www.handyarchive.com/Utilities/Disk-Utilities/4133-Free-History-Cleaner.html



A nice alternative just for selective of all Address (not Search) history
maintenance is EditURLs, here: http://www.aandrc.com/editurls/ Here also,
you must close ALL instances of IE6 for the deletions to "take".
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