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Clear Personal Information: Clear download history

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You can remove some or all your downloads from the download list maintained by Google Chrome.

This action doesn't remove the actual file from your computer.

Remove a specific download

  1. Click the Tools menu tools menu.
  2. Select Downloads. (You can also try the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J.)
  3. On the Downloads page, right-click the downloaded file you'd like to remove from the list and select Remove.

Clear downloads from a longer period of time

  1. Click the Tools menu.
  2. Select Clear browsing data.
  3. In the 'Clear Browsing Data' dialog box, select the 'Clear download history' checkbox. By default, Google Chrome only clears information collected in the last 24 hours. If you want to clear browsing information from a longer period of time, use the 'Clear data from this period' drop-down menu. To wipe out all the listings on the Downloads page, select the Everything option.
  4. Click the Clear Browsing Data button.
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