Windows 10: How to clear Windows 10 Search History and remove Recent Activities

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File explorer search history is not clearing


Hi

I have gone through all the steps in the following thread, but my file search history is not clearing or updating. Search terms clear, but the old search reappears with deleted files on it.

Search History in File Explorer - Clear in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Windows 10 November Update 2019 19h2 Clear Activity History Removed

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand your query related to clearing Activity History of your Microsoft Account on Windows.



As the option has been removed from Privacy settings under Windows 10, one of the workarounds that you can try is to clear the Activity History manually from the Microsoft Account webpage.

1. Sign in to
   https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/activity-history
   
2. Under Explore your data click on
   Apps and Services
   
3. On the right hand side click on Clear activity
   
4. Click on Clear to confirm
   

However, I understand the importance of the feature for you. I would suggest you to submit a feedback using the

Feedback Hub app on Windows 10, so that our engineering team can look into this and try to implement the changes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

How to clear recent file history from apps in the taskbar?

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I appreciate your interest in Windows 10. We sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused.

I suggest you to follow the below steps in order to remove the recent history in the task bar.

• Right click on the icon list which you don’t want to display.
• Choose remove from the list or unpin the icon accordingly and check if it helps.

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.