The activity you keep helps Google make services more useful for you, like helping you rediscover the things you've searched for, read, and watched. Browse or delete your Search history, and discover how your data helps Search and other Google services work better for you. Your Search history is saved to your Google Account as part of your Web & App Activity, along with activity from other Google services.
Saving your Search history helps you rediscover relevant results, pick up where you left off, and get a more personalized experience in Search and across other Google services, like Maps and YouTube.
You can see and delete your activity using the controls on this page.
- Delete all activity
- On your Android phone or tablet, go to myactivity.google.com.
- Above your activity, tap Delete .
- Tap All time.
- Tap Next and then Delete.
- On your Android phone or tablet, go to myactivity.google.com.
- Scroll down to your activity.
- Find the item you want to delete. You can find an item a few different ways, including:
- Browse by day.
- Search or use filters.
- On the item you want to delete, tap Delete .
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's Settings app and then Google and then Manage your Google Account.
- At the top, tap Data & personalization.
- Under "Activity controls," tap Manage your activity controls.
- Below “Web & App Activity,” “YouTube History,” or “Location History,” tap Auto-delete.
- Tap the option for how long you want to keep your activity and then Next and then Confirm to save your choice.
Some activity may expire sooner than the timeframe you choose.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's Settings app and then Google and then Manage your Google Account.
- At the top, tap Data & privacy.
- Under "History settings," tap an activity or history you don't want to save.
- Turn "Web & App Activity" off and then Pause and then Got it.
First, we aim to immediately remove it from view and the data may no longer be used to personalize your Google experience.
We then begin a process designed to safely and completely delete the data from our storage systems.
Along with helping you delete data manually or automatically, Google may delete some types of activity sooner when it’s no longer useful to improve your experience.
For limited purposes, like business or legal requirements, Google may retain certain types of data for an extended period of time