When you open up the browser in the Playstation 3 and press the triangle button on the controller you can see a list of options on the right side. Go to “History” and hit the “X” button you can see a list of all the sites you last visited but you may not want that. Here’s how to delete and clear the history on the PS3, press triangle again when you are in the history window and at the top you will see “Delete all” now press “X” button and a confirmation screen will appear “All history will be deleted are you sure you want to continue” go to “Yes” and press “X”. History cleared.
Also try this:
- Open Browser
- Press the triangle button with the controller
- Go to “Tools” now press the right arrow or the X button
- You should now be in Internet tools, this is where you can delete cookies, web cache and search history
- Select one and hit the X button and follow the instructions
Another thing to keep in mind is when you type in words in a search bar or in the address bar, the PS3 remember what you typed and displays it on the right window next to the keyboard for convenience, of coarse you may not want this because other people can what you typed in. So to clear that, go to the main menu (XMB) and scroll to Settings -> System settings ->Delete predictive text dictionary, press “X” and confirm.
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Hi, and thanks for your information. The steps for slearing the search history on the PS3 don’t seem to be working for me. I went to System>System Settings>Delete Predictive Text. It asks if I am sure, and I say yes and push X to execute the command. It says that it has been deleted, but then when I go back to the search window, all of my entries are still there. I have gone back and tried to delete the predictive text again, but it says that there is no text to delete. What am I missing?
Hey Eric, you need to clear your search history too, I showed how on the first paragraph. Predictive text and Search history are two different things. Predictive text remembers what you typed into the search bar for faster searching. Search history are all the sites you visited.
Thanks, Tyler, but I have cleared both. The items still appear on the right hand side of the screen when I open up the internet search. I have done both of the steps mentioned in the original answer. The browser has no history associated with it, but the internet search still shows all of the items I have input when conducting searches. Any other ideas?
What your talking about is the “new” Internet Search tab. I’m having the same problems deleting that tabs “predictice text”. It’s probably a bug that will be worked out next software update.
Predictive text and search text are stored differently. The original bit above shows you how to delete the web history and predictive libraries bu because the search list is a web browser history and is thus independent of the predicitve library it will not be cleanly removed by that method. Try the following;
Open up the web browser and hit the green triangle on the remote, scroll to TOOLS and press the right arrow or X and you should access the internet tools section. On here you can delete cookies, the search history (ie the one that people here have asked about) and the web cache. Scroll to each of these in turn, hit X and follow the prompt to delete the appropriate entries.
It should work!
ur a Godsend!
thanks so much
Guzza’s 8/14 directions work perfect for deleting “search history!” You Rock!
Sweet! Now I can go back to looking at porn in peace… haha
Gazza, u deserve a trophy mate
nice one!
Gazza, you legend. What more can i say, it took me ages trying to find out how to delete the search history, and it took me 10seconds with your method, PHEW!
cheers
OMG!! man god bless you…thanks you very very much…i own you man…THANK YOU!!!
u r a diamond m8 phew didnt want me wife to no wat ive been on … lol i owe u 10000000 things man lol
I was wondering, does the history delete by itself after some time? Or does it stay permanently until you delete it yourself?
Thanks
Gazza you killed it – i tried everything to get ride of the recent sites – thanks
WOOHOO NOW I CAN GET IN TROUBLE FOR ONE OF MY…not so smart…SEARCHES!!!!!!!! THANK YOU MAN!
Thanks ur a life saver Gazza tyvm
STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY PS3 HISTORY , I GO TO BROWSER THEN I HIT TRIANGLE TO GO TO HISTORY AND IT SAYS DELETE ALL, THEN I CLICK YES, BUT IT DOES NOT DELETE, Predictive text Deletes though,. When i finish clicking on delete all i can still see the history, how long does it take to remove.
Man,thanks sooooooo much.ive watched youporn a million times on this console and i couldnt get rid of the proof!!!
lol everyones only here because they want to get rid of all the porn lool
your all only on here to delete to porn web site’s you have been on your all DISGUSTING PERVERTS !!!!!! and i hope all your girlfriends find out n dump you they can probs find sum 1 better then you’s who wouldnt watch porn behind their back….YOU SICK PERVS why would you want to watch another man having sex……… oh btw thanks now i can find out what my boyfriend has been on and kick his arse out the door
wow jade your a bitch hey im just saying
Every guy watches porn, if your guy doesn’t hes either A. Gay, or B. Really good at hiding it. Go get laid….Bitch
Tyler your a hero. oh and Jade you just don’t understand. The reasons why guys watch porn is because. 1 its normal and fun. 2 if there girlfriend or wife doesn’t want to give it up that night the guys can just watch porn and rub one out. Would you rather your boyfriend or husband watch porn, or cheat on you? Well i would rather want my girlfriend watch porn than cheat on me, but then again i would never pass up a chance in the sack.
Thanks so much! You do deserve a trophy! It totally worked. The boys have trying to update Modern Warfare for DAYS so they could play online and this process worked. You rock.
what a hero
Sweet now my redtube history is gone.
Thanks Gazza. You’re a life saver!
i believe i caught a virus on my ps3 so how do i get rid of it?
thanks allot it all worked for me…….. NICE 1 MATEYYY!!!
hey i copied and pasted something i dont really want ’someone’ else to see but now everytime i copy or paste that previous copy is saved like on a clip board. can anyone tell me how to delete that type history