28th June 1999

AutoComplete is a pretty nifty feature in IE5. I know it has saved me a bit of typing now and again--especially for frequently used fields (name, e-mail address, etc.). But what if you've got an entry in there which you'd rather not keep? Other than flushing the entire cache of data, how can you get rid of a few individual entries? Simple. When you're entering data into an 'AutoComplete aware' form, before you start typing anything, double click on an empty field. At that point, you could see a drop-down list of previously entered strings for that form. Hover your mouse cursor over an entry you wish to delete and... tap the 'Delete' key. It's gone!