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How to clear search pages from your history

Open Cleanup and find Search result pages. Click Delete, then Confirm. The pages you opened from them stay.

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Quick steps

Clear search pages in three steps

  1. Open Cleanup

    Scroll to the Search result pages card.

  2. Save a copy, if you like

    The export button keeps your searches in a file.

  3. Delete and confirm

    Click Delete, then Confirm.

Before you start: add History Monk from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons. The Chrome Web Store version also installs in Edge.

Every search you run adds a page to your history, and those pages record what you looked for, not what you read. In the history used for these screenshots, more than a quarter of all pages were search pages.

Step 1: Open Cleanup

Click Cleanup in the sidebar. The line at the top counts how many pages in the range look removable.

History Monk Cleanup heading: 3,336 of 6,989 pages in this range look removable
3,336 of 6,989 pages look removable.

Scroll down to the Search result pages card. It lists searches from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, YouTube and other search engines.

History Monk Search result pages card with 1,960 pages: a YouTube search for css grid tutorial and Google searches such as pho recipe, with a Delete 1,960 pages button
1,960 search pages, ready to review.

Step 2: Save a copy of your searches, if you want one

Click the export button at the top right of the card and choose Download CSV, Download HTML or Download JSON. The file holds every page in the card.

History Monk export menu on the Search result pages card with All results 1,960 pages, Download CSV, Download HTML and Download JSON
Each Cleanup card has its own export.

Step 3: Click Delete, then Confirm

Untick any search you want to keep, then click Delete and Confirm - permanently delete. The pages you opened from those searches stay in your history.

Deleting from Cleanup needs a license. Without one, the button is locked.

Tips

  • Only real search pages. A page needs a search engine’s address and a search term in it, so docs.google.com and github.com/search are left alone.
  • See what you searched for first. Analytics lists your top searches. See how to see your top searches.
  • Clear one search and what it led to. See how to delete a search and the pages it led to.
  • Your Google account is separate. This clears your browser’s history on this computer, not activity saved in your Google account.

FAQ

Questions about clearing search pages

Does this delete my Google search history?

It deletes the search result pages from your browser's history on this computer. Your Google account's own activity is separate and is not changed.

What counts as a search page?

A page on a search engine whose address carries what you searched for, like Google's q=. Other pages on the same sites, such as docs.google.com, are left alone.

Will the pages I opened from a search be deleted?

No. Only the search result pages are in the card. The pages you clicked through to stay in your history.

Do I need a license?

Cleanup shows every group for free. Deleting from Cleanup needs a license.

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