Delete URL history in Google Chrome

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I'm looking for a way to delete a whole URL in Google Chrome.

Do I need to run some other program or can it be done in the browser itself?

user41514

Posted 2010-07-05T10:40:24.103

Reputation: 161

ONE url out of manys? – akira – 2010-07-05T10:45:06.590

2@Akira - You can do that in Firefox. Just start typing url and press DEL when you select it. – Apache – 2010-07-05T10:56:01.603

@Shiki: i know that. i asked the OP what (s)he wants. "whole url" is not really specific. one can delete a single entry ("one whole url") from the history in chrome, as well as the whole history .. and all that without any 3rd party stuff. – akira – 2010-07-05T11:08:10.573

@akira - okay okay sorry. – Apache – 2010-07-05T11:23:41.893

See http://superuser.com/questions/273278/how-to-remove-an-entry-from-chromes-remembered-urls for a better answer.

– Andriy Drozdyuk – 2012-09-23T23:54:42.623

Answers

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I found the answer from here:

  1. Type part of the URL, so it shows up in your suggestions.
  2. Use the arrow keys to move to it.
  3. Press Shift+Delete (for Mac, press fn+Shift+delete) to remove the link.

bizi

Posted 2010-07-05T10:40:24.103

Reputation: 438

I've only seen fn on notebook keyboards, to form substitutes for keys like PgUp. Is it on all Apple keyboards? (I use a Microsoft Natural.) – Anton Sherwood – 2016-11-08T20:24:12.397

2doesn't work anymore on mac – Andrew – 2016-11-24T15:38:28.470

1For what it worths, it still works for me on my Macbook with fn + Shitt + delete. However, even that doesn't seem to work on some particularly links. So you could be right. And unfortunately, I don't know enough to help you further. – bizi – 2017-05-19T00:56:46.027

Works for me so far on Mac :) – Ali – 2017-07-09T01:13:26.847

Can also confirm that this does not work on my Mac Mini. – SamAndrew81 – 2018-12-10T17:20:21.940

2Figured it out: I also had the site bookmarked. Delete the bookmark, autocomplete stopped. – SamAndrew81 – 2018-12-10T17:22:39.130

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  1. Click the "Tools" menu.
  2. Select Options.
  3. Click the Under the Hood tab.
  4. Click Clear browsing data.
  5. Select the "Clear browsing history" checkbox.
  6. Use the "Clear data from this period" menu to select the amount of data you want to delete. 7. Select Everything to clear your entire browsing history completely.
  7. Click Clear browsing data

Matan Eldan

Posted 2010-07-05T10:40:24.103

Reputation: 2 597

2

Another alternative is CCleaner

Pulse

Posted 2010-07-05T10:40:24.103

Reputation: 4 389

2Not sure why you are recommending a separate tool rather than use the browsers built in method... – soandos – 2011-12-21T23:35:55.743

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If you want to remove something specifically from your history, open Chrome and go to chrome://history/#e=1&p=0.

You may have to copy and paste that link, it doesn't seem to like to link directly to it.

Brad

Posted 2010-07-05T10:40:24.103

Reputation: 4 459

1

Browser itself: you can inject JavaScript code like this.

Step 1 Since Chrome history is queried inside a iFrame, we have to visit: chrome://history-frame/ (copy and paste URL)

Step 2 Do the search query.

Step 3 Open the Chrome console(F12 or CtrlShifti or i) and execute:

var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; ++i) {
  if (inputs[i].type == "checkbox"){
    inputs[i].checked = true;
  }
}
document.getElementById("remove-selected").disabled = false
document.getElementById("remove-selected").click()
document.getElementById("alertOverlayOk").click()

Actually this deletes the elements in the current page, so it's an incomplete solution. But the next page should automatically load, so you can simply run the code again (Up arrow then Return) until everything is deleted.

Fabricio PH

Posted 2010-07-05T10:40:24.103

Reputation: 818

1

Open your chrome history tab from the right most corner of your window and remove any particular URL from it or select clear browsing data, a pop up windows appears select all check boxes and click on clear browsing data tab.

Sophia

Posted 2010-07-05T10:40:24.103

Reputation: 27