1. Open Notepad, click the File menu, and then select Open.

2. In the pop-up window, click the drop-down arrow in the upper right corner and select "All Files".

3. Locate and open the folder with the path "C:\Users\ user name \ appdata \ roaming \ Microsoft \ Windows \ recent".

4. This folder contains the recent file records of Notepad. You can right-click an unnecessary record and select Delete.

5. You can also directly empty the entire "Recent" folder and delete all notepad opening records.

6. After deletion, reopen Notepad, and the recently opened file records will be cleared.

7. In addition, you can delete the key value in the registry to clear the opening record of Notepad.

8. Registry path: "HKEY _ current _ user \ software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ current version \ resource manager \ comdlg32 \ opensavepidlmru".

9. Delete all subitems under this key value and clear the opening record of Notepad.

The above is the way to delete the browsing history of Windows 7 Notepad, which can ensure privacy and information security.