How to clear Facebook search history

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There is a Facebook feature that allows anyone logged into a particular Facebook account to browse and clear their entire Facebook search history.

Facebook Search History Removal Instructions

How to clear Facebook search history

The instructions and video detail how to delete your entire Facebook search history at once, or single Facebook search terms.

1. Log in to your Facebook account and navigate to your Facebook profile page.

Facebook Profile

2. In the top right corner on your Facebook profile page, click the Activity Log button.

Remove Facebook Search History

3. On the left side of the page, under the 3rd section (photos, likes, comments), click MORE to open additional selections.

Facebook Search History Activity Log

4.  On the bottom of the list click Search.

Clear Facebook Search

5. To clear your entire Facebook search history at once, click the Clear Searches link in the top right corner.

Clear Facebook Searches

How to remove individual search terms

To remove individual searches, opposed to clearing the entire Facebook search history, click the icon on the right side of the searched term and click Remove when prompted.

Remove Individual Facebook Search Terms

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9 Responses

  1. isabelle says:

    Your hints were very helpful and worked well last few weeks until today when the Clear Searches link at the top is not there anymore!!

  2. Kawaii says:

    I need help!!!

    I want to get rid of some people name on the search bar. Every time I enter a specific letter that name will pop up and I don’t want to.
    I have cleared everything on it what is followed but when I search its still there.

    Can somebody help me?

    Thanks in advance.

  3. Rowena says:

    How to remove list of names from right hand side of Facebook home page?

  4. Anonymous says:

    Thank You

  5. Anonymous says:

    the “clear searches” option is gone!. Facebook removed the “search” option in the list on the left. So you are no longer allowed to remove your search history! Terrible

    • Sean Doyle says:

      You are right. We are unsure if they are going to “rebrand” the search history options using a different title, or if they entirely removed the option in order to better accommodate advertisers, etc.

      It could come back…

      ***Update April, 3rd 2013***
      The search option is back!

  6. Anonymous says:

    They removed the option!

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