Clearing your search history is a privacy feature that allows you to remove the records of what you’ve looked up online, particularly within search engines like Google and in web browsers like Chrome. Key Things to Know
Irreversible: Once you delete your search history, it usually cannot be recovered.
Customizable: You can delete individual searches, searches from a specific day, or all history from the beginning of time.
Automatic Deletion: You can set your account to automatically delete searches older than 3, 18, or 36 months.
Multiple Locations: History is stored in different places, including your Google Account (Web & App Activity) and your Local Browser History (Chrome).
This video demonstrates how to delete your Google search history on both mobile and computer devices: How to Delete Search History YouTube · Oct 30, 2023 How to Clear Google Search History (Android/Web)
Open the Google App: Open the app or go to myactivity.google.com.
Access History: Tap your profile picture/initial, then select Search history. Choose Deletion Range:
Delete One Search: Next to the specific item, tap “Delete activity item” (X).
Delete a Day: Above your history, tap “Delete” and pick “Delete today” or “Delete custom range”.
Delete All Time: Above your history, tap “Delete” and select Delete all time.
Watch this video for a tutorial on how to clear all of your Google search history from your account: How-to Clear ALL Search History from Google Account YouTube · Jul 24, 2024 How to Stop Google from Saving Searches
If you want to stop the recording of your searches permanently, you can turn off the tracking: Go to the My Google Activity homepage. Click Web & App Activity. Click the Turn off button. Clearing Local Browser History (Chrome)
Even if you clear your Google account history, your browser may still store sites you’ve visited.
On Chrome, click the three dots, select “History,” then “Clear browsing data”.
For a more comprehensive cleanup, especially on Android, you may also want to clear your keyboard’s learned words and app activity. Find & erase your Google Search history – Android