Thursday, April 16, 2015

How To Delete Your Searches And Browsing Activity In Google

Stop Google from tracking your search history and remove your previous
serch History.


Online Privacy: Browsing the Internet

Almost all browsers give you some control over how much information is
kept and stored. Generally, you can change the settings to restrict
cookies and enhance your privacy. Most major browsers now offer a
"Private Browsing" tool to increase your privacy. However,
researchers have found that "Private Browsing" may fail to flush out
all traces of online activity.
Do Not Track (DNT) is a setting in most major browsers that tells
websites that you do not wish to be tracked. In order for DNT to
work, the sites that you visited must agree to honor the preference to
not be tracked. Although a few large companies have agreed to honor
DNT, many have refused because DNT threatens advertising income.

Search engines. Search engines have and use the ability to track each
one of your searches. They can record your IP address, the search
terms you used, the time of your search, and other information. It is
advisable that you review your search engine's privacy policy.

Today i will be focussing on how to secure yourself at the current stae.

Below is the procedure on How To Delete Your Searches And Browsing
Activity In Google:

You can delete your past searches or other activity from your Web &
App Activity page. Learn more about what's saved in your Web & App
Activity.
Computer
Delete items one at a time

Visit your Web & App Activity page.
Check the box next to the items you want to remove.
Click Remove items at the top of the page.


Delete multiple

Visit your Web & App Activity page.
In the top right corner of the page, touch Options Settings > Remove items.
Choose the time period for which you want to delete your history.
(To remove all items, select The beginning of time).
Touch Remove.

Note: If you turned on the option to include history from Chrome and
other apps in your Web & App Activity, visit the additional Web & App
Activity page to see that information. If you only want to remove
additional Web & App Activity from a certain device, choose that
device in the "Remove items" dropdown menu.
iPhone or iPad app

Any searches that you do while using the Google app are stored on your
iPhone or iPad (device history), and also in your Web & App Activity.
Delete recent searches from your device

When you're searching in the Google app, you may see your recent
searches appear as suggestions below the search box. You can delete
these searches right from the search box.

Open the Google app .
Touch the search box that appears when you open the app.
Swipe the search you want to remove to the left.
Touch Delete.

Note: Any searches you've deleted from below the search box will be
deleted from your iPhone or iPad device history, but a copy of the
searches stays in your Web & App Activity.
Delete all past searches on your device

Open the Google app .
Touch the search box that appears when you open the app.
Touch View search history.
Touch Clear All in the top right corner > Clear on-device history.

Note: Any searches you've deleted from the Google app will be deleted
from your iPhone or iPad device history, but a copy of the searches
stays in your Web & App Activity.
Stop saving searches on your device

Open the Google app .
In the top left corner of the home screen, touch your photo.
Touch Privacy > Browsing.
Turn the "On-device history" off (grey). When On-device history is
off, new searches you do won't be saved to your device and the pages
you visit won't be saved to your Recents.

Delete searches from your Web & App Activity

Any searches you've deleted from the Google app will be deleted from
your iPhone or iPad device history, but there will still be a copy of
the searches in your Web & App Activity. Follow the instructions below
to remove the searches from your Web & App Activity.
Delete items one at a time

Visit your Web & App Activity page.
Check the box next to the items you want to remove.
Touch Remove items at the top of the page.

Delete multiple

Visit your Web & App Activity page.
In the top right corner of the page, touch Options Settings > Remove items.
Choose the time period for which you want to delete your history.
(To remove all items, select The beginning of time).
Touch Remove.

Note: If you turned on the option to include history from Chrome and
other apps in your Web & App Activity, visit the additional Web & App
Activity page to see that information. If you only want to remove
additional Web & App Activity from a certain device, choose that
device in the "Remove items" dropdown menu.
Mobile browser
Delete items one at a time

Visit your Web & App Activity page.
Check the box next to the items you want to remove.
Touch Remove items at the top of the page.

Delete multiple

Visit your Web & App Activity page.
In the top right corner of the page, touch Options Settings > Remove items.
Choose the time period for which you want to delete your history.
(To remove all items, select The beginning of time).
Touch Remove.

Note: If you turned on the option to include history from Chrome and
other apps in your Web & App Activity, visit the additional Web & App
Activity page to see that information. If you only want to remove
additional Web & App Activity from a certain device, choose that
device in the "Remove items" dropdown menu.
Prevent future searches from being saved

Visit your Account History page.
Touch Pause > Pause history.

Tip: If you occasionally want to prevent your searches from being
saved, you can search within an incognito window in Google Chrome
while not signed in to your Google Account. If you're using a browser
other than Google Chrome, check your browser's help instructions to
see whether it has a similar private browsing mode.

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