How to Clear File Explorer Address Bar History in Windows 10

1. Clear Address Bar History from File Explorer

The easiest way to clear address bar history is to use the quick and easy file explorer right click option. With just a couple of clicks, Windows will clear the file explorer’s address bar history.

  1. First, open file explorer by clicking on the taskbar icon or by pressing the Win + I keyboard shortcut.
  2. In the file explorer, right-click on the address bar and select “Delete History” option.
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  3. As soon as you select the option, Windows will delete the address bar history.
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2. Delete Address Bar by Editing Registry Values

If the above two methods did not work for some reason, you can try editing the registry to clear windows explorer address bar. You see, all the history items in the file explorer are stored as an individual value within the registry editor. By deleting those values, you can delete the file explorer address bar history.

Also, since the history items are stored as individual values, you can delete specific keys to clear specific items from the address bar history. For instance, maybe you don’t want a specific folder address to appear in the address bar history. In those situations, deleting specific registry value will get the job done.

For this specific purpose, though editing registry is fairly easy, I’d recommend you back up the registry so that you can restore in case of any mishaps.

  1. Open the Run dialog box using Win + R, type regedit and click on the “Ok” button to open the Windows Registry Editor.
  2. In the editor, copy and paste the below path in the address bar and press Enter. This action will take you to the target folder where the file explorer history values are stored.HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TypedPathsClear file explorer address bar history 06
  3. On the right panel, you will see multiple values like url1, url2, etc. To delete a single entry from the file explorer history, right-click on the target value and select the “Delete” option.
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  4. You will see a warning message. Simply click on the “Yes” button to continue.
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  5. To clear the entire file explorer history, select all the values except “Default”, right-click and select the “Delete” option.
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  6. You will see a warning message. Simply click on the “Yes” button to continue.
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  7. Close registry editor.
  8. Close and reopen the file explorer and the file explorer’s address bar history will be cleard automatiaclly.

refer https://windowsloop.com/clear-file-explorer-address-bar-history/