How to Erase Google Search History

Go to the Google website., Click the account button, and then click Account., Scroll down to the Account tools section, and then click Account history. , Turn off the Google search history feature., Under Your searches and browsing activity, click...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Go to the Google website.

    If you're not logged in to your Google account, click Sign In.
  2. Step 2: Click the account button

    It's the circular image in the top right corner. ,, To the right of Your searches and browsing activity, click the green toggle button, and then click Pause to turn off Google search history.

    If the Chrome checkbox has a check, click it to uncheck it.

    On this page, you can turn off several other Google history options by clicking the green toggles.

    Places you go keeps a history of everywhere you go with a location-aware device that's logged into Google.

    Information from your devices stores information from devices logged into Google, such as contacts, calendars, and other data.

    Your voices searches and commands keeps a history of any voice searches you make using Google's voice search feature.

    Videos you search for on YouTube keeps a history of all the search terms you enter on YouTube.

    Videos you watch on YouTube keeps a history of all the videos you watch on YouTube. ,, To the left of the Remove Items button, click the checkbox button to select all of the search terms, and then click Remove Items.

    All of your search history is deleted.
  3. Step 3: and then click Account.

  4. Step 4: Scroll down to the Account tools section

  5. Step 5: and then click Account history.

  6. Step 6: Turn off the Google search history feature.

  7. Step 7: Under Your searches and browsing activity

  8. Step 8: click MANAGE HISTORY.

  9. Step 9: Delete your search history.

Detailed Guide

If you're not logged in to your Google account, click Sign In.

It's the circular image in the top right corner. ,, To the right of Your searches and browsing activity, click the green toggle button, and then click Pause to turn off Google search history.

If the Chrome checkbox has a check, click it to uncheck it.

On this page, you can turn off several other Google history options by clicking the green toggles.

Places you go keeps a history of everywhere you go with a location-aware device that's logged into Google.

Information from your devices stores information from devices logged into Google, such as contacts, calendars, and other data.

Your voices searches and commands keeps a history of any voice searches you make using Google's voice search feature.

Videos you search for on YouTube keeps a history of all the search terms you enter on YouTube.

Videos you watch on YouTube keeps a history of all the videos you watch on YouTube. ,, To the left of the Remove Items button, click the checkbox button to select all of the search terms, and then click Remove Items.

All of your search history is deleted.

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