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How to delete various search histories in Opera?

Monday, December 18, 2006 11:16:19 AM

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Opera bookmarks search history
Bookmarks search history

Close Opera, open operaprefs.ini (opera6.ini for versions below 10) from profile directory and remove unwanted line(s) under [Matches] section.

Bookmarks View       Searches in manage bookmarks
Bookmarks View Small Searches in bookmarks panel
File_types_treeview  Searches in Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Downloads
Groups_treeview      
History View         Searches in history
History View Small   Searches in history panel
Input_treeview       Searches in keyboard setup, mouse setup & voice
Links View Small     Searches in links panel
Mail View            Searches in mail/feed
Notes View           Searches in notes
Notes View Small     Searches in notes panel
Server_treeview      Searches in server manager (cookies & wand)
Example search histories in [Matches] section. 
[Matches]
Bookmarks View=""opera", "https""
Bookmarks View Small=""software""
File_types_treeview=""exe", "rar""
History View=""opera", "google", "www""
History View Small=""my""
Input_treeview=""gesture", "alt", "shift", "ctrl""
Links View Small=""unread""
Mail View=""rss""
Notes View=""bugs", "@""
Notes View Small=""shortcuts""
Server_treeview=""google""

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Comments

PMoperafan2006 Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:06:49 AM

Could you explain things a little more here so that someone can understand it better. I , myself, got confused!

I was refering your page to this forum post(http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=175093) and before that I never tried it!

Say , like the post, I want to remove histories of "find in page" search. I only have these entries in opera6.ini file. Now which one to remove?
File_types_treeview=""rar", "pdf""
Input_treeview=""bar""
Bookmarks View=""vl""

Thanks in advanced!

Tamil Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:09:08 PM

Originally posted by operafan2006:

Could you explain things a little more here so that someone can understand it better.

Updated. Is it clear now?

Unregistered user Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:02:58 AM

Chris single @ 978-343-4128 writes: easy way go to settings prefrences advanced click historey, set it to zero hgit OK

falseman Saturday, January 10, 2009 1:01:20 PM

I like and use MRUs (in other browsers). How do I turn on drop down most recently used lists in Opera -- specifically the ver 10 ßeta?

Tamil Saturday, January 10, 2009 2:32:33 PM

AFAIK, not possible.

Unregistered user Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:30:52 PM

Anonymous writes: No its absolutely still not clear. Could you plz explain what you mean with "starting with". What is starting with what?? And could you please explaing what you mean with "Search histories in [Matches] section.". Are that lines you got, I got, are they to be removed or altered. Tnx

Tamil Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:07:06 AM

If you want to remove only bookmarks search history delete the line starting with Bookmarks View under [Matches] section.

Unregistered user Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:01:17 AM

Anonymous writes: Yes, thats better, I understand it now, tnx.

Anton ArutyunovAntonArutyunov Saturday, April 24, 2010 10:36:36 AM

how do i get rid of some history in the "Closed tabs" bar???

Tamil Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:29:10 PM

Left click trash can > Clear List of Closed Tabs

Unregistered user Saturday, May 1, 2010 11:58:26 AM

Anonymous 1 writes: how do you delete the quick finds in history?

Tamil Saturday, May 1, 2010 12:12:42 PM

Read the post.

Unregistered user Monday, June 14, 2010 7:07:22 AM

Anonymous writes: How do I clean the search history in search tool bar (on right top corner)

Tamil Monday, June 14, 2010 2:13:46 PM

Delete search_field_history.dat file inside Opera directory.

Unregistered user Monday, July 5, 2010 11:00:15 AM

Haku writes: deleting search_field_history.dat will only delete opera's current search history. The next time u will open opera the file will be recreated and opera will continue to save search history. If u want opera to not keep any search history do the following: 1. open search_field_history.dat with notepad 2. delete all its content if there is any 3. save and close the file 4. make the file read only

Tamil Monday, July 5, 2010 11:43:54 AM

You can delete previous searches by highlighting the search term and clicking the delete button at right side.

Unregistered user Friday, July 9, 2010 7:48:06 PM

Anon writes: How do you delete the stuff you have searched for within history?

Tamil Saturday, July 10, 2010 1:48:05 AM

Delete the line starting with History View in operaprefs.ini after closing Opera.

Unregistered user Friday, July 30, 2010 5:52:36 AM

OperaFans writes: Opera search engine too strong lah, I try to make the file search_field_history.dat (read-only) delete History View & make the operaprefs.ini (read-only) It still keep the search history at right top corner :(

Tamil Friday, July 30, 2010 5:57:03 AM

It still keep the search history at right top corner sad

It will show only in currect session not after Opera restart.

Unregistered user Friday, September 17, 2010 4:02:11 AM

Anonymous writes: I've tried many different methods to delete search history in Opera. Nothing works. For this reason I'm unistalling Opera. Firefox is much better and simpler to use when one wants to delete search history. I am surprised that Opera is full of different gimmicks to reconfigure the program, yet there is no simple way to delete the search history.

Tamil Friday, September 17, 2010 4:10:49 AM

Do you mean search engine history?

Unregistered user Monday, September 20, 2010 6:08:54 AM

Anonymous writes: I completely agree with #17 above me...Opera is moving farther and farther away from its roots. I have been using opera since Opera 3.5, but I am becoming more and more dismayed by new and 'improved' versions of Opera. If the next release or two doesn't put the power back in the hands of the user, I will be moving on to something better. The fact that I can't even control my search history any more is infuriating. What is more, there doesn't seem to be any reason for removing functionalities that Opera used to offer.

Unregistered user Saturday, October 9, 2010 8:01:16 AM

Anonymous writes: Menu->Settings->Delete Private Data... Look through the details and chose the options that you want. But this will clear the entire history without clearing each one at a time.

Unregistered user Thursday, December 30, 2010 5:25:11 PM

Anonymous writes: Your message is incomprehensible, #9, since there is no "Settings" menu or command in Opera.

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 11, 2011 3:13:39 AM

Anonymous writes: go to tool then its the clock one ctrl+shift+H

Unregistered user Wednesday, June 1, 2011 4:13:10 AM

Jim writes: With one search I found out how to control those annoying "suggestions" that google displays in drop downs in it's home screen. It took me a couple of searches to find out how to do the same in that massive mess called Microsoft. I've just spent two hours trying to modify the quick search box and I HAVE NO IDEA. I'm like # 20 above. I've used Opera for years, from 3.5 ... but opera today is like an open source project that's gone wild! It rivals the baseball rulebook and the domestic mail manual for complexity of documentation. Needless to say, I'm looking for a new browser.

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