...By Joseph Benjamin for TDPel Media.
Listen, we’re not here to judge.
We’ve all looked up some weird things online.
However, Google keeps a record of your YouTube and Google search history on your account, even if you delete it from your Internet browser, unless you make a key settings change.
Therefore, to add an extra layer of privacy to your browsing, we’ve put together a guide on how to delete your search history properly from Google and YouTube.
Deleting YouTube search history
There are a few ways to delete your YouTube search history.
Firstly, you can delete individual search queries within the app in a few taps.
Open the YouTube app, hit the Search bar, then tap and hold any suggested search results that have the History icon next to them.
Then, tap ‘Remove’ on the resulting pop-up.
If you want YouTube to stop saving your search history entirely, you can change your settings through the YouTube app.
Tap your profile picture, then go to Settings > Manage all history.
Then, toggle off ‘Include your searches on YouTube’ when you see the option called Saving YouTube history.
Deleting Google search history
Similarly to YouTube, you can tap and hold on specific search results in the Google search app to clear them from your phone history.
To clear these completely, you’ll need to delete Search history from your Google account.
Open the Google app on your Android phone, tap your Profile picture, and open Search history.
To delete all your search history, tap Delete > Delete all time.
To delete searches from a specific time period, tap Delete > Delete custom range.
You can also change your settings so that Search history auto-deletes.
Go back to the Search history menu then choose Controls.
Find the ‘Web & App Activity card’ and tap Auto-delete (On). By following these steps, your Google account should be cleared of search history results.
