It is this last section that interests us to clear the history of Windows File Explorer. If we click on the tab General, we will see that it is divided into three sections, Browse Folders, Actions by clicking on an item and Privacy Policy. This will open a window with the folder options which is organized into three tabs, General, View and Search. It can also be accessed from the View> Options> Change folder and search options menu option. If we want to get rid of this history, the first thing we need to do is open Windows Explorer itself and from the File menu option select the option Change folder and search options. Steps to Clear Windows 10 File Explorer History Some research that the file explorer itself stores in its history and that do every time we start a new search, when we write the name of the file or folder, the explorer itself shows us suggestions that correspond to what we are writing and that are in the history of Windows Explorer files, which can slow down the Explorer. From Windows Explorer it is possible to browse all the drives, folders and files stored on our hard drive, it is even a very useful tool when we want to search for a file or a folder and we do not remember its location.