Hi Will   Thanks for coming back to me . I followed an instruction from another use about going into /opt/splunk/etc/users/admin/search/history I then opened a .csv file under my name with vim  and started to delete entries. This has reduced the amount of searches from the "Search History"  window pane in the User Interface of splunk. ... View more

That was very useful , many thanks It has shrunk my search history considerable and beginning to look more manageable.   ... View more