text: erase "search the web ..."browser"? how do you clear the search the web ...list? clear search history in y! toolbar: http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/toolbar/toolbar-10.html however, if you wish to delete search history saved by the browser and auto-filled when you type on the yahoo website, here is the solution:  to clear your history from internet explorer: 1. go to the "tools" menu. 2. select "internet options." 3. click the "general" tab. 4. click the "clear history" button. to completely disable the history function, set "days to keep pages in history" to zero.  to clear your history from mozilla firefox: 1. go to the "tools" menu.  2. select "options" > "privacy" > "history."  3. click on "clear." to completely disable the history function, set "remember visited pages for the last x days" to zero ("0").  4. click "ok" to exit.