Delete searches & other activity from your account

You can delete past searches, browsing history, and other activity from your Google Account. You're in control of what's stored in My Activity, and you can stop saving most activity at any time.

Learn more about My Activity and what's saved there.

Delete activity saved in My Activity

To find and delete activity that's saved in My Activity, choose from the options below. When you delete activity, that action can't be undone.

Tip for mobile devices: To quickly delete an item or bundle of related activity, swipe it to the right.

Delete items individually

To delete individual items, like a search you did on Google or a website you visited on Chrome:

Go to My Activity. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
Find the item you want to delete. You can find an item a few different ways, including:
- On the "My Activity" banner, choose More Item view
- Use search or filters
On the item you want to delete, choose More Delete.
Confirm your choice if asked.

Delete related activity

My Activity groups similar activity together into bundles. (Note: Bundles might not capture all similar activity.)

To delete activity in a bundle:

Go to My Activity. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
Find the bundle you want to delete. You can find bundles a few different ways, including:
- Browse by day (If you don't see bundles: On the "My Activity" banner, choose More Bundle view.)
- Use search or filters
At the top of the bundle, choose More Delete.
Confirm your choice.

Delete activity using search & filters

To find and delete activity by search or by adding product and date filters:

Go to My Activity. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
Near the top of the page, select the search bar or Filter by date & product.
From here you can:
- Enter a search term.
- 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 search results, next to the search bar, select More .
- To delete certain results: Choose Select. Click or tap the items you want to delete. On the top right, choose Delete .
- To delete all results: Choose Delete results.
Confirm your choice.

Delete activity from a certain day or time period

To delete all activity from today, yesterday, or another day or date range:

Go to My Activity. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
On the "My Activity" banner, choose More Delete activity by.
Choose the day or date range.
Select Delete.
Confirm your choice.

Delete everything in My Activity

To delete all activity that's saved in My Activity:

Go to My Activity. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
On the "My Activity" banner, choose More Delete activity by.
Below "Delete by date," select the Down arrow All time.
Select Delete.
Confirm your choice.

Stop saving activity

You can control most of the information that's saved in My Activity.

Stop saving activity completely

To prevent your searches, browsing history, and most other activity from being saved in My Activity:

Go to Activity controls. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
Next to the activity you don't want to save, turn off the switch.
To confirm, select Pause.

Stop saving activity temporarily

If you occasionally want to prevent activity from being saved to your account, you can search and browse the web privately. Don't sign in to your Google Account in the private window.

Fix problems

Deleted activity appears in My Activity

If you delete items and they still show up 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 offline device connects to the Internet, the items will be removed.
Clear your browser's cache and cookies. Learn how to clear cache and cookies in Chrome. If you use another browser, check its instructions for how to clear cache and cookies.

What happens to deleted activity

When you delete items from My Activity, they are permanently removed from your Google Account. You will no longer get suggestions, like search terms or recommended videos, based on activity you've deleted.

Google might keep some data with your account about your use of products and services. For example, if you delete a search, we'll still know that you did a search, but not what you searched for.

Delete activity saved in other places

Your activity might be saved in places other than My Activity. You can delete most of your activity that's saved in those products.

Delete other activity saved to your account

Not all of the activity that's saved to your account shows up in My Activity. For example, if you've turned on Location History, that activity is saved to your Maps Timeline instead.

To delete activity saved in other places on your account:

Go to My Activity. You might need to sign in to your Google Account.
On the "My Activity" banner, choose More Other Google activity.
From here you can:
- Delete certain activity: Below the activity you want to delete, select Delete. Confirm your choice.
- Get to the right place to delete activity: Below the activity you want to delete, select the appropriate option. You'll go to a page where you can delete that activity.

Delete activity from your browser

Your activity might be stored in your browser, even if you delete it from My Activity.

Learn how to delete browsing history and other browser data from Chrome.

If you use another browser, check its instructions for how to delete browsing history and other browser data.

Data about your use of products & services

When you use Google products and services, we keep some data with your Google Account, like when and how you use certain features. We keep this data even if you delete activity or other items.

For example, if you go to My Activity and delete a search you did on Google, we might still know how often you do searches. What you searched for will no longer be stored with your account.

The Google Privacy Policy explains how we use this data. It helps us to do things like:

Prevent spam and abuse
Improve our products and services, and develop new ones
Understand how different products and features impact each other
Get business insights, like how many people use certain products or features and for how long

We keep this data as long as it's relevant to meet uses like those above. If you delete your account, we remove this data from it.

Learn more about the data we collect and why.

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