# Kibana - Clear search history

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 26, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138 "2015-08-26T20:44:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![HelpComputer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@HelpComputer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HelpComputer)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/1 "2015-08-26T20:44:45Z")

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Anyone know how to clear the search history on Kibana 4? For example, when I go to Discover and start typing into the search box the previous searches show up. I am wondering if there's a way to clear those searches. Thanks in advance for the help!

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**Author:** ![HelpComputer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@HelpComputer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HelpComputer)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/2 "2015-08-27T13:50:04Z")

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Cancel that, it cleared itself the next day.

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**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/3 "2015-09-01T06:12:06Z")

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The Setting "history:limit" is supposed to take care of that for you in a running system, but unfortunately it appears that there is currently a bug with it:

> <https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4816>

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**Author:** ![Wikky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wikky/32/11630_2.png) [@Wikky](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wikky)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/4 "2016-08-16T19:40:57Z")

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+1 Here  
Every search your execute in Discover, is saved by Kibana. This creates a mess, when the autocomplete starts to kick in. If Kibana is saving these searches, then it should allow them to be removed.

An 'x' on the far right side to delete?

Chrome Version 52.

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/5 "2016-08-23T13:57:52Z")

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+1 Definitely  
The ridiculous autocomplete has almost rendered search unusable

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**Author:** ![nanshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@nanshan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nanshan)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/6 "2016-08-23T21:57:48Z")

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Experience the same issue.

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**Author:** ![a1m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a1m](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/a1m)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/7 "2016-10-27T10:16:26Z")

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As a temporary solution i can suggest to clear cookies from your browser.  
Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-clear-search-history/28138/8 "2017-07-06T13:35:32Z")

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