IN VAIN have I done the suggested registry change and also set Local Group Policy to ENABLED for "Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box" - but search history still shows.
Just a question for my benefit, did you first delete the items from the drop-down list in Search [I click X for each] before setting the restriction?
I did not; I guess that is an instruction to do so...
I have done so since (that alone, nothing else). I can highlight the remembered items, but they resist deletion.
Hello @Sebastian42,
If I understand you correctly, have a look at these . . .
> How to Clear Your Device Search History in Windows 10
> How to Clear Your Search History for On-device Searches in Windows 10
> How to Clear File Explorer Search History in Windows 10
I hope this helps.
The third of those is the relevant article.
It shows THIS PC highlighted, and along with HOME, SHARE and VIEW, SEARCH is a tab;
In My case SEARCH does not a show - it is Drive Tools instead.
So those options are not available to me.
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