AOL Toolbar 5 search

How to

• Customize your search
• Search history
• Clear your search history
• Turn off or turn on your search history

Customize your search

Using AOL Toolbar Search, you can specifically search the web for the information you need: images, videos, or web pages.

To customize your search:

1. Type what you're searching for into the Toolbar search box.

2. Click the small down arrow next to the magnifying glass.

3. Select the type of search you'd like to conduct.

 4. Click SEARCH.

Search history

A history of all the search terms that you have used on AOL Toolbar Search is maintained for your future reference.

To access your search history, click the drop-down arrow on the left of the Search button.

Clear your search history

When you clear your search history, any record of your previous searches will be removed and a new history list will be started with your next search.

To clear your search history:

1. In the search box on the AOL Toolbar, click the down arrow on the left of the input field.

2. Click Clear Your Search History.

Turn off or turn on your search history in Internet Explorer

By default your search history is turned on. You can turn it off if you want to by following these simple steps:

1. On the right side of the AOL Toolbar, click the Settings icon, and then click Toolbar Options.

2. In the AOL Toolbar Options window, click the Search tab.

3. Click the Use Search history box to clear it, or to place a check mark in it if you wish to turn it back on.

Turn off or turn on your search history in Firefox

By default your search history is turned on. You can turn it off if you want to by following these simple steps:

1. On the right side of the AOL Toolbar, click the Settings icon, and then click Toolbar Options.

2. Click the General tab.

3. Click the Save Search history box to clear it, or to place a check mark in it if you wish to turn it back on.

4. Click OK.

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