How to Find Typed URLs in Regedit

This article explains how to locate, view, and remove the historical list of typed URL addresses stored within the Windows Registry. By using the Registry Editor (Regedit), you can access the exact registry keys where Windows and Internet Explorer store URLs manually typed into the address bar.

Registry Location for Typed URLs

The historical list of URLs typed into Internet Explorer and Windows address bars is stored under the current user’s profile.

To find this list, navigate to the following registry path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

How to Access the Typed URLs Key

  1. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog box.
  2. Type regedit and press Enter (or click OK) to open the Registry Editor.
  3. In the left-hand navigation pane, expand the folders to follow this path:
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    • Software
    • Microsoft
    • Internet Explorer
    • TypedURLs
  4. Click on the TypedURLs folder.

In the right-hand pane, you will see a list of string values named url1, url2, url3, and so on. The Data column next to each entry displays the full URL that was manually entered into the browser.

If you are looking for paths and URLs typed specifically into the Windows File Explorer address bar, Windows stores those entries in a separate registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TypedPaths

Managing Typed URL Entries

To delete a specific URL from your history, right-click the individual url entry in the right pane and select Delete. To clear the entire typed URL history, you can delete all numbered values within the TypedURLs key, or delete the entire TypedURLs key itself (Windows will recreate the key automatically when a new URL is typed).