"Deleting History"
How to remove your personal info from Google
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Don't we all wish that we could eliminate
parts of our past?
Google, which takes a lot from us (often
without our explicit permission), does allow us to take
some of it back.
Below are the steps you can take to
remove a record of your searches and other activities on
Google's services. They are taken directly from
this page, which also has information on how to
delete things with other devices. |
Delete My Activity items
Delete all activity
- On your computer, go to your
Google Account.
- On the top left navigation panel, click
Data & personalization.
- On the Activity and timeline panel,
click My Activity.
- At the top right of the page, click the More
icon .
- Click Delete activity by.
- Below "Delete by date," click the Down arrow
and
select All time.
- Click Delete.
Delete individual activity items
For example, this could include a search you did on
Google or a website you visited on Chrome:
- On your computer, go to your
Google Account.
- On the top left navigation panel, click
Data & personalization.
- On the Activity and timeline panel, click
My Activity.
- Find the item you want to delete. You can find
an item a few different ways, including:
- Browse by topic or product. At the top
center of the page, on the line under Delete
by topic or product, choose Try
it
- Search by key word or date.
- On the item you want to delete, click the More
icon.
- Click Delete.
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To Delete Activity by Date or Product
- On your computer, go to your
Google Account.
- On the top left navigation
panel, click Data &
personalization.
- On the Activity and timeline
panel, click My Activity.
- Near the top of the page, select
Filter by date & product.
- From here you can:
- Add a date range.
- Choose which Google products
to include. (Note:
Some Google products don't save
activity in My Activity.)
- At the top of the page, select
Search
.
- To delete activity, next to the
search bar, select More
.
- To delete certain
items: Choose
Select. Choose the
items you want to delete. At the
top right, select Delete
.
- To delete all items:
Select Delete results.
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Delete activity in other places
Your activity might be saved in places other than My
Activity. For example, if you've turned on
Location History, that activity is saved to your
Maps Timeline instead. You can delete most of your
activity that's saved in those places.
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Delete other activity
saved to your account
- On your computer, go to your
Google Account.
- On the top left navigation
panel, click Data &
personalization.
- On the Activity and timeline
panel, click My Activity.
- At the top right of the
page, select More
.
- Click Other Google
activity.
- From here you can:
- Delete certain
activity: Below the
activity, select Delete.
- Get to the right
place to delete activity:
Below the activity,
select Visit.
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Delete browser activity
Your activity might be stored in
your browser, even if you delete it
from My Activity.
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Stop saving activity
You can control different types of activity that are
saved in My Activity.
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Stop saving activity
completely
You can prevent searches, browsing
history, and most other activity
from being saved to your account:
- On your computer, go to
Activity controls.
- Turn off the activity you
don’t want to save.
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Stop saving activity
temporarily
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Fix problems
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Deleted activity shows in
My Activity
- Make sure the device
is connected to the internet.
If you delete items from My
Activity on one device, they
might still appear on any
devices that are offline. When
the device connects to the
internet, the items will be
removed.
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Clear your cache and cookies.
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