[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage SystemProvider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringData]
"Behavior"=-"
Item Data"=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage SystemProvider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringIndex]
"Behavior"=-
"Item Data"=-
Note: The S-1-5 ... portion of this string may be different on your machine.
Note 2: To delete the value doesn't work unless the Permissions have been set to allow full control. Nor is it possible to delete the keys, without Full Control being allowed.
Tip: Step by Step instruction
Go to the key listed below:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider\S-1-5-21-1960408961-220523388-682003330-1003
With the S-1-5-21....in blue, choose File/Export and save it to your desktop and name it (ex). googlehistoryclear.reg. Leave the registry open then go to your desktop. Right click the saved reg file and choose Edit. If it needs an association choose Notepad. Scroll down to these keys:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage SystemProvider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringData]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage SystemProvider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringIndex]
To make the search/scroll easier they are listed in alphabetic order and you are looking for the end of the string in this case \q:StringData and \q:StringIndex. So scroll down to the q's....
Under q:StringDataHighlight what is listed after the word "Behavior"= only up to the words "Item Data"= and delete it. Then place a - (minus sign) after the = so that it looks like this: "Behavior"=-
From there highlight what is listed after the words "Item Data"= only up to the next key and delete it. Then place a - (minus sign) after the = so that it looks like this:"Item Data"=-
Do the same for q:StringIndex.
Once done choose File/Save. Use the red X to close. If it asked to save again, answer yes.
Return to the registy and delete this key: (right click, delete, accept the warning)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider\S-1-5-21-1960408961-220523388-682003330-1003
Then go back to your desktop and double click your saved regedit, answer yes. Then open Google and the search history is gone.
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