How do I delete the geth console history?

Question

how do I delete the geth console history ?

I'm concerned with this, especially in light of this recent Mist hack :

On the console you can also unlock accounts (one at a time).

personal.unlockAccount(address, "password")

Note that we do NOT recommend using the password argument here, since the console history is logged, so you may compromise your account. You have been warned.

Answer 1

There's a history file in Geth's datadir that you can delete.

The default datadir is:

Mac: ~/Library/Ethereum
Linux: ~/.ethereum
Windows: %APPDATA%/Ethereum

Answer 2

Not sure if this works for windows but for linux / mac or anything bash this should work:

Your history is stored in ~/.bash_history. So you can delete that file ( rm ~/.bash_history via CLI)

or edit that file to just remove the line where you typed the password

or run history -c && history -w

Then quit all instances of your terminal and reopen and press the up key to ensure everything is gone.

Also, don't run the non interactive versions of anything that require your password. I don't know why they include them. It's asking for trouble.