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How to Clear Run History in Windows 10?

Most Windows users use the run box to open a page or programs, and as you have opened a lot of pages and applications using run commands, you may have lots of pre-loaded commands in run box history. Sometimes that bothers us. Here is the Guide to ” How to clear Run history in Windows .”

Clear Run History in Windows 10

We do use the registry editor to clear the run history, so to start, open the Run box by pressing the Windows key and at the same time. Write regedit in the run and hit enter to go to the registry editor.

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - Open Registry Editor
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – Open Registry Editor

The above step will lead you to open the registry editor. In the registry editor go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – HKEY_CURRENT_USER

In the HKEY_CURRENT_USER directory, you may see lots of subdirectory, find the Software folder and open it.

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software

Now you are in the Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software directory. In the software, the folder goes to the subfolder named Microsoft.

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft

From  Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft  go to the folder Windows>CurrentVersion.

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows

Currently, we are in the Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion directory. Now we have to go to the Explorer directory. To navigate to the Explorer directory scroll down and find the Explorer folder.

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows_Run
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows_Run

After opening the Explorer folder, scroll down and find the folder named RunMRU.

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows_RunMRU
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows_RunMRU

Here ( Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU ) are the directory where we can clear run history in Windows.

On the right side, for everything you are seeing in the run commands history, right-click on any of these files and delete the file.

How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 - HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows_RunMRU_Delete
How to Clear Run Command History in Windows 10 – HKEY_CURRENT_USER_software_Microsoft_Windows_RunMRU_Delete

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