How to delete google search history?
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This document provides comprehensive instructions for deleting Google search history across various platforms, including web browsers and mobile apps. It covers steps for managing history in Google accounts, Google Search bar, Google App, and YouTube, as well as methods to stop Google from tracking user activity. The article emphasizes the importance of privacy by guiding users through the deletion and management of their digital footprints.
How to delete google search history?
- 1. How to delete Google search history? Are you having issues while clearing your Google search history from your Google account? Don’t stress, this article will offer you the best solution for every one of your questions with the most proficient method to clear your Google search history. Either it is clearing google search history from a web browser or from your phone you are at the right place to be to get all your questions answered. In addition, this article will also help you to delete and stop google from tracking your searches on Google, Youtube, Maps. And by doing this you keep things private.
- 2. Things that Google keeps track of you What you search for What you search for How do you search Your search patterns The videos you watch The images you view The links you click The ads you are interested in
- 3. How to delete all google search history? First, open your web browser and visit www.google.com Click on the sign-in button which is on the top right corner of the page.
- 4. Login to your account by entering your email address and password. Click on your profile at the top right corner of the page.
- 5. Click on Manage your data & personalization option. It is below the Privacy & personalization heading.
- 6. Scroll down a little bit and click on the Manage your activity controls option. It’s at the bottom of the Activity controls section.
- 7. Click on the MANAGE ACTIVITY option. It’s at the bottom of the Web & App Activity section.
- 8. Click on the three-dots icon at the top right corner of the page. It’s just beside the search bar.
- 9. After you have done that, you will see a list of options and click on “Delete activity by” which is the first option.
- 10. After that, you will be advanced to a new page where you have to choose “All time” in the Delete by date dropdown menu. After that, click on “All products” dropdown menu and scroll down. You will see different options but you have to click on “Search” which is in the last of the dropdown menu list. Now you have to click on “Delete” which is at the mid-bottom of the page written in blue letters
- 11. A popup will appear and you just have to click on “OK”.
- 12. After that, another popup will appear on your screen to confirm that, you want to delete all your Google search history and you just have to click on “Delete” in order to finalize your decision.
- 13. How to delete Google search history from the search bar of Google Chrome? Open up your browser and visit www.google.com, (you need to be signed in to your Google account) Click on the search bar and don’t type anything. The recent searches will automatically appear in a list. Click on “Remove” to delete the Google search history. It not only deletes the history in the search bar but also deletes the search from your google account.
- 14. How to delete google search history on Google App? Do you want to delete your Google search history from your Google app? Then this is the perfect presentation for you. Just follow these steps mentioned below and at the end, you will be successful in deleting your Google search history on Google app.
- 15. Delete your Google search history with two methods: From Search Bar From Search Activity
- 16. From Search Bar Open the Google App. Tap on the search bar which is on the top of your screen. Don’t type anything, you will see a list of recent search history. Tap and hold the search that you want to delete until a popup option appears for deletion.
- 17. Tap on “Delete” to delete that search from your history. The only downside of this method is that you can only delete your search history which means you can’t delete your search history at once.
- 18. From Search Activity Open the Google App from your App drawer. You will be on the main page of Google app and you have click on the “More” option which is on the bottom-right corner of your screen.
- 19. You will see different options listed. And you have to click on Search activity, which will open up an in-app- browser.
- 20. You will be redirected to your search activity page where you have to tap on the three dots (more option) which is just beside the search bar in the top of the screen.
- 21. After that, a list of options will appear and you have to tap on “Delete by ” option.
- 22. You will be forwarded to the Delete by option page. And here, tap on Today which is a dropdown menu and tap on “All time”. After that tap on “Delete” and a popup will appear on your screen then click on “OK”.
- 23. After tapping on “OK” another popup will appear to confirm that you want to delete all the google search history. Click on “Delete” to finalize your decision and it will delete all google search history from your Google account.
- 24. How to delete YouTube history? Do you want to delete your search and watch history on YouTube? This article will guide you throughout the steps on deleting both your watch and search history on YouTube and by doing this you can keep things personal. So, the only thing you need to do is follow the steps as mentioned below:
- 25. Open your browser and go to www.youtube.com, which is the official website of YouTube. After that, you will be on the home page of YouTube. And you have to click on the “Sign In” button which is on the top right corner of the page indicated with an account icon.
- 26. After that, you will be taken to the Google sign-in page where you need to type in your email address and click the “Next” button.
- 27. When you have done that, you will be taken to the following page where you need to enter your password and click on the “Next” button so as to sign-in into your Google account.
- 28. Once signed into your Google account, you will be automatically redirected to the home page of YouTube. Now you have to Click on the “History” option which is located at the left side of the page along with other options and it’s indicated with a clock icon.
- 29. Once you click on “History” you will be able to see all the videos that you’ve watched and it is sorted by recent videos you have watched. On the left corner of the page, “Watch History” will be selected by default in the History Type list. Now you have to Click on “Clear all watch history” in order to delete all your watch history, and it is located below history type list.
- 30. When you click on “clear all watch history”, a popup will appear on your screen in order to confirm that you want to clear all your watch history. And click on “Clear Watch History” to confirm your decision.
- 31. If you want to pause your watch history from being tracked then you have to click on ‘Pause Watch History’, which is just below the ‘Clear all watch history’ option.
- 32. After that, a popup will appear and you have to click on PAUSE.
- 33. For Deleting YouTube search history Click on History from the left pane of the homepage. After that, click on the Search history option on the right pane of the page.
- 34. Now, click on the CLEAR ALL WATCH HISTORY option. A confirmation popup will appear, and you have to click on CLEAR WATCH HISTORY.
- 35. If you want to pause your watch history from getting tracked by Google, then click on the PAUSE WATCH HISTORY.
- 36. A confirmation window will emerge on your screen, click on the PAUSE button.
- 37. For pausing search history: Select Search history from the left pane of the page, and click on the PAUSE SEARCH HISTORY option.
- 38. In the confirmation popup, you have to click on the PAUSE option.
- 39. How to stop tracking the history of Google search, YouTube, Location? In the event that you want Google to not follow every one of your searches on Google, YouTube, and Maps, at that point simply follow these steps referenced below and you will be able in stopping your history being tracked by Google.
- 40. Open your web browser and visit www.google.com. You need to sign in to your account. Click on your profile at the top right corner of the page. A drop-down menu will appear and you have to click on the Manage your Google Account.
- 41. Click on the Manage your data & personalization option. It’s under the Privacy & personalization heading.
- 42. Scroll down on the page, and click on the Manage your activity controls option. It’s under the Activity controls section.
- 43. Turn off the switch alongside the Web & App Activity.
- 44. In the confirmation popup, you have to click on the PAUSE option.
- 45. If you want to pause other, YouTube and Maps then the same procedure applies as shown in the previous slides.