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  1. Welcome to My Activity. Data helps make Google services more useful for you. Sign in to review and manage your activity, including things you’ve searched for, websites you’ve visited, and videos...

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      Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text...

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      Control Your History! Choose to Auto Delete Certain History...

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      Manage Search settings like what activity Google saves and...

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    • Manage Search history saved to your Google Account
    • Manage Search history saved on your device
    • How Google deletes your history in your Google Account
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    When you search on Google with Web & App Activity turned on, Google saves activity like your Search history to your Google Account. Web & App Activity saves data about the things you do across Google services, including associated info like locations, in your account to make your experience more personalized. We use your saved activity to give you more personalized experiences, like app and content recommendations.In My Activity, you can:Delete Search history saved to your Google Account.

    Manage Search settings like what activity Google saves and when Google auto-deletes your history.

    Delete Search history

    Important: If you delete Search history that’s saved to your Google Account, you can’t get it back.

    You can delete a specific activity, or delete your Search history from a specific day, a custom date range, or all time.

    1. On your computer, go to your Search history in My Activity.

    2. Choose the Search history you want to delete. You can choose:

    • All your Search history: Above your history, click Delete Delete all time.

    Delete browser history

    Even if your Search history isn’t saved to your Google Account, or you delete it from My Activity, your browser might still store it.

    You can delete your browser history:

    • In Chrome:

    • In other browsers: Check your browser’s instructions.

    3. Turn off Search customization.while signed out of your Google Account

    When you choose to delete activity manually or activity is deleted automatically based on your auto-delete setting, we immediately start the process of removing it from the product and our systems.

    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.

    For limited purposes, like business or legal requirements, Google may retain certain types of data for an extended period of time.

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    Learn how to control and erase your Search history saved to your Google Account or your device. Find out how Google uses your saved activity to personalize your experience and how to turn off Search customization.

  2. Learn how Google, the most used web-based search engine, was launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and how it evolved over the years. Discover the origins of Google's name, algorithm, products, partnerships, and controversies.

  3. Learn how to access, control, and delete your Google activity on your computer. Find out how to filter, search, and auto-delete your activity by date, product, or history setting.

  4. Access and manage your search history and activity in one. View and filter activity by date, product, and keyword. You can delete individual items, activity from a certain time frame, or all...

  5. Sep 4, 1998 · Learn how Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google in 1998 with a search engine that used links to rank web pages. Discover how Google evolved from a garage-based company to a global leader in technology and innovation.

  6. Manage your data and settings for Google services. Choose which data to save in your account, such as web and app activity, location history, and YouTube history.

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