This article will tell you how to clear the search bar in Yandex, as well as queries in the search engine itself. In this case, both the computer version and the application for the phone will be described. This article will be extremely useful for those who use this browser. For your convenience, all photos and pictures will be presented in Russian.
Introduction
Recently, Yandex has gained incredible popularity among Russian-speaking users. This is due to large-scale updates, as well as the enthusiasm of the developers. If a few years ago it was a rather small company, now it is a huge and successful corporation!
Search engine in Yandex
The Internet portal Yandex is divided into several parts, the main of which is the search engine. From a once small database of questions and answers, this company has turned into one of the leading Internet search engines.
The Yandex search engine has a number of positive and negative qualities.
Of the positive parameters, the most obvious is that this company operates in Russian. This means that if something is not clear to you, then you can easily find the answer in your native language. Also, the browser of this company attracts with its convenience and ease of use.
Of the negative, despite all the positive, the most tangible for the user is a rather difficult job specifically with the search engine. In particular, people cannot find sufficiently clear answers to such questions:
- How to clear the search bar in the Yandex browser?
- How to clear the search in Yandex?
This is what will be discussed in this article.
When working on a computer
If you are a user of this browser on a personal computer, then you have probably at least once searched for how to clear the search in Yandex on the computer.
So, step by step instructions:
- Click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen and open the "Settings" menu. Do not be alarmed if you do not find it there. In earlier and later versions of the browser, the menu may have a different location, for example, in the taskbar, which is located a little lower.
- Next, go to the "Privacy Settings", where you will see the item "Browser History". They may have a slightly different name in different versions of the browser!
- You must go to this item and select "Delete search history." There are several modes available: removal for all time, for a month, for a week and for an hour. Select the desired mode and click "Clear."
- There is also another way: directly through the "History" menu, which is located in the same place as the "Settings".
- You need to go to this menu and select the required parameter. There are several of them. You can also select the desired mode and clear the history, or you can select the resource that you would like to delete separately and click on the "x" icon, which is located opposite the link to this resource.
- Now you can close the menu. History will be deleted.
It will also be useful to know how to clear the search bar on the computer. This is also done through the "History" menu. It is necessary to go into it and select the item of interest to us. However, this method is not relevant, because in the latest versions of the Yandex browser, the search bar is cleared along with deleting the history.
When working on the phone
There is no fundamental difference between working on a computer and working on mobile devices. Like all large companies, ours also made its browser simple for almost all platforms. The process is almost the same, but despite this, many still do not know how to clear the Yandex search on the phone.
So, to do this, you need:
- Click on the three bars in the upper left corner of the screen. With this action you will open the control panel, where a few lines will appear to your look - the menu.
- Select a menu called Settings. There you will see many subsections.
- We select the subsection we need. In our case - "History". Click on it.
- A window prompting “Clear searches?” Will be displayed immediately. If you want to do this, then confirm the action.
As you can see, there is not much difference between the processes, however, the ability to clear the search bar without deleting the history is disabled on the phone. This is done in order to make it easier to control traffic and memory on the phone, as well as to protect themselves and users from various hacks.
Why delete history
To clear your search history in Yandex, as well as in other browsers, you need to regularly. There are many reasons for this:
- If you do not regularly delete the browser history (absolutely any browser), then you can be hacked and lose some data. Yes, this is possible, even despite the fact that Yandex is very closely monitoring security, hacks happen. Those who attach their personal data, such as bank cards or passport data, are especially at risk. Of course, the chance that the attackers will get exactly your data is not very large, however, it’s also not worth the risk!
- There is a risk of introducing various malicious programs to the computer. These are mainly trojans and computer worms. Undoubtedly, antiviruses can handle them, but not with such a stream. In this way, not one or two viruses get onto the computer, but often hundreds and thousands! This is due to the fact that along with the history, a cache is also stored, which often stores a wide variety of malicious files.
- Storing history can also be the cause of slow computer performance. This is due to the same cache. Thus, long-term storage of requests can be the reason for not very stable Internet connection.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I would like to advise you to closely monitor your browser, and in particular its history. It is not so important which one you use, it is necessary to have certain knowledge about each of them. This article described how to clear the search in Yandex, but that's not all. You also need to know which sites you can visit and which not, you need to learn how to fix browser errors. But first of all, you must be able to delete the query history. This will save you from many problems, help avoid damage to your device, and also help keep the device clean and tidy!