Google history

Does anyone know how to clear the search history from the google search bar on a web page (which is my home page...http://www.google.com.au/)... not the google search bar on the safari tool bar.
Thanks
Matt

What I find a bit surprising, no search history, or trends etc. are accumulated in my account even though I use Google search quite a bit. Googles "help" section is not very helpful here. I do see the auto prompts as I type in the Search field on the Google History search field, but no prompts appear when entering in the regular search engine.
Well, remember that we're talking about two different things:
Autofilled searches as entered in the Google search field, which are handled by a Safari feature, not by Google. This is what I believe Matt is asking how to clear.
Google's saving of your search history, which is accessed by logging into Google as a member and then clicking on the "Search History" link at the top. This search history is not something that automatically appears when you start typing in the Google search box (unless #1 is in effect, but they're separate feature regardless, handled by different entities).
As far as #1 goes, this is completely within Safari's realm. When you type in anything in a form on a web page and have Safari's preferences set to autofill for "Other forms," Safari remembers what you type until you clear the autofill entry for a given site or turn off that preference setting.
For #2, this is a Google feature entirely and not within Safari's realm. This does work for me in Safari, but only if I'm logged into Google when I search. If you log out of Google (or never had an account there, either just a Google account or a Gmail account), it doesn't track and retain your searches until you log in again.
So, in response to:
I wonder if this is still more oriented toward the PC realm than the Mac platform?
No, it works just as well on a Mac, including in Safari. You just have to be logged into a Google account while searching for Google to remember and save your searches. (And you also have to have that feature turned on in your Google preferences. That is the default setting, so Google will save your searches while you're logged in, as long as you haven't specifically turned it off.)

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