Notepad++ Find and Replace History

Ever wanted to clear the Search and Replace history on Notepad++?

The place that the information is stored is in a hidden folder.

To access this hidden folder without changing your settings, click start and in the search (or under run) type in:

%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++

and press enter. The file that holds that info is config.xml

You can edit this file manually and delete the lines starting with:

<Find name=”

<Replace name=”

in order to clear the find and replace fields respectively or you can download a small program I made (Notepad++ Find and Replace Clear.exe) that puts an icon on your desktop that will clear all search and replace history every time it’s run. Please note that other settings may be changed as well.