If you’ve never deleted your Google history before, then you’d be surprised to know how much data Google has collected about your activity. Also, its actually a good practice to ensure your online privacy is better protected when you do not want Google to keep track of your activity. Let me show you how-to delete all your Google history at once.
Note: when you choose to delete my Google activity and select All products and choose ‘delete all time’ this will erase every history associated with all selected Google Products only. To delete EVERYTHING you must check and delete OTHER ACTIVITIES in your Google account. Read this page thoroughly to learn how.
Note: both video tutorials will work on both devices (mobile phone, laptop or desktop)
Video Tutorial for Deleting ALL Activity and History from ALL Google Products (using Desktop)
Video Tutorial for Deleting ALL Activity and History from ALL Google Products (using Android)
Steps for Deleting All Your History Using Your Computer or Android Phone
On your computer, go to myactivity.google.com.
Then Select “All time”
Then “Choose activity to delete” Select All
Confirm Deletion by pressing Next
Above steps deletes most Google Products for Web & App Acvitity and History. However, it does NOT delete everything from ALL Google products.
How-To Delete EVERYTHING from ALL Google PRODUCTS
Certain Google Products have different settings for history and activity controls, when you want to delete everything from every Google product you are using, then, follow these steps:
Go to myactivity.google.com/more-activity
How to Better Control Your Activity?
Google offers various options to better control your privacy and activity. You can tell Turn on or Turn Off, or even set Auto Deletion for better account management. You can tell Google to STOP Saving your activity.
Turn On or Turn Off Web & App Activity
Or, you can set it to auto delete your web activity.
Understand that certain Google products require you to manage your activity individually as detailed above. This means, if you want to delete everything from each Google product associated with your Google account, you’ll need to spend bit of time going through each settings under “other activity” to be able to completely delete everything.
If I delete my Google activity, does Google still keep some of my data?
That’s a great question Max, let me answer it like so: when we delete my Google Activity, Google Terms of Use Apply. Here’s what Google Says “We keep some data until you delete your Google Account, such as information about how often you use our services. And some data we retain for longer periods of time when necessary for legitimate business or legal purposes, such as security, fraud and abuse prevention, or financial record-keeping”. To learn more about how Google handles and retains your activity data visit this link https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention?hl=en-US
I don’t want this devices controlling my page
Hi Aspen, you are not alone to consider the privacy implications of My Activity of Google accounts. If you have synched devices with your Google Account, then, make sure you are logged off from the device you have linked with a Google Account. Then, follow the insights on this blog post to clear EVERYTHING. If you require further answers, simply comment back.