How to Delete Your Creeper Facebook Search History

1. 1. Go to Your Profile

   Head to your Facebook profile and click the "Activity log" option at the bottom right of your cover photo.

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2. 2. Activity Log

   Your activity log is a list of your posts and all Facebook activity, including your search history.

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3. 3. More Options

   Next, click on the "More" option on the left-hand menu, under "Photos," "Likes" and "Comments."

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4. 4. Search Activity

   Scroll down the expanded list until you see "Search."

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5. 5. Your Search History

   You can now view your Facebook search history, in date order. To get rid of it, simply click "Clear Searches..."

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6. 6. Clear Your History

   ...And then okay the pop-up message that appears.

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7. 7. A Clean Search Slate

   Your Facebook search history is now a clean slate!

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Remember that time you did a Facebook search of your partner's ex? And before that, when you had a huge crush on your sweetie, you'd check his or her profile page slightly too often. Oh, and recall that other time when you had a leeettle too much wine and looked up The One That Got Away?

Facebook does.

The social network stores every single term you enter in the search box. Although the privacy setting for this data is set to "only you," you may feel uncomfortable having that info hanging around. If so, it's a simple process to delete it and clear your creeper Facebook search history.

We've taken a quick look how in the simple walkthrough gallery above. In the comments below, let us know if you plan to delete your Facebook search history, or if you find it useful.

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