Piriform Community Forums > Deleting Google Cache ?

tape342

Jan 16 2006, 12:35 PM

Google remembers every word you ever searched for in a cache. You can see this by searching for example for the word "airplane".

Close Google, now press "A" and you will see the word "Airplane" appear on a pulldown menu.

gMail will also list every email address you have communicated with, even in other programs such as MS Outlook Express.

Just the kind of s**t Big Brother likes to know about us.

Can CCleaner delete these cache files ?
I am using 1.26.218 and see that they DO NOT.

Will a future version provide this feature ?
Can someone in the forum suggest a free program that can do this ?

Thanks.

Glenn

Jan 16 2006, 01:50 PM

If you mean the history drop-down in Google Toolbar, just deselect Toolbar Options > Search > Save the search history across browser sessions.

tape342

Jan 16 2006, 02:01 PM

QUOTE(Glenn @ Jan 16 2006, 01:50 PM) [snapback]26836[/snapback]

If you mean the history drop-down in Google Toolbar, just deselect Toolbar Options > Search > Save the search history across browser sessions.

Not the Google Toolbar, the Google Web page itself.

klitos

Jan 16 2006, 02:22 PM

QUOTE(tape342 @ Jan 16 2006, 02:01 PM) [snapback]26837[/snapback]

Not the Google Toolbar, the Google Web page itself.

That's nothing to do with Google. It's the autocomplete history, which is saved by Internet Explorer.

CCleaner already does what you want, just select the Autocomplete Form History option. This deletes both your form inputs and your passwords. This is the caveat. You can also do the same thing in Internet Explorer, in the Internet Options dialog box choose the Content tab and click on the Autocomplete button. This gives you a finer choice than CCleaner. Unlike CCleaner, you can delete your plain-text form input history (such as what goes into the Google search text box) but keep your passwords saved.

Klitos

tape342

Jan 16 2006, 03:26 PM

QUOTE(klitos @ Jan 16 2006, 02:22 PM) [snapback]26841[/snapback]

That's nothing to do with Google. It's the autocomplete history, which is saved by Internet Explorer.

CCleaner already does what you want, just select the Autocomplete Form History option. This deletes both your form inputs and your passwords. This is the caveat. You can also do the same thing in Internet Explorer, in the Internet Options dialog box choose the Content tab and click on the Autocomplete button. This gives you a finer choice than CCleaner. Unlike CCleaner, you can delete your plain-text form input history (such as what goes into the Google search text box) but keep your passwords saved.

Klitos

Thanks - that did it.

fredvries

Jan 16 2006, 06:22 PM

Ah, yes, but it doesn't remove every email adress you have ever communicated with in GMail.

klitos

Jan 16 2006, 07:33 PM

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Ah, yes, but it doesn't remove every email adress you have ever communicated with in GMail.

As I understand it, this is actually held on Google's server, and not on your local machine. Gmail uses some clever Javascript. Javascript has no read access to any files on your PC (other than cookies.)

Eldmannen

Jan 16 2006, 08:38 PM

Google dont save your search queries, that is your web browser who saves them because you have the "save form" feature enabled.
If you dont like that feature, then you can disable it in your web browser.

CCleaner also has functionality, to clear that.

However, I do not like the Google cookie either, so I delete it.