Delete search history

You’re in control of what information you share with Google when you search. To browse the web privately, you can use private browsing, sign out of your account, change your custom results settings, or delete past activity. If you want to search the web without saving your search activity to your account, you can use private browsing mode in a browser (like Chrome or Safari). How private browsing works Private browsing works differently depending on which browseryou use. Browsing in private usually means: • The searches you do or sites you visit won't be saved to your device or browsing history. • Files you download or bookmarks you create mightbe kept on your device. • Cookies aredeleted after you close your private browsing window or tab. • You might see search results and suggestions based on your location or other searches you've done during your current browsing session. Important: If you sign in to your Google Account to use a web service like Gmail, your searches and browsing activity might be saved to your account. Open private browsing mode • How to search on Google • What you can search for • Narrow your search results with filters • Accessibility in Google Search • Get travel search results from Gmail • View web pages cached in Google Search Results • Find fact checks in search results • Learn about a news publisher • Use Google Books • Search & browse privately • Load mobile pages faster with Web Light • Learn search tips & how results relate to your search o...

Ever accidentally liked something on social media you didn’t mean to click? Before you panic, That's just one small slice of what websites you visit and services you use collect about you. It’s not just your phone collecting your activity, habits, likes, dislikes, and everything else. Your computer does too. Here's how to check what Microsoft and Apple know about you: Join over 400,000 professionals who start their day with my free email. Use Windows? Without a Microsoft account, you can't register a license key or, in some cases, update your computer. It allows access to all Windows features, functions, and online products like Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and Xbox gaming services. If you’ve had the same account for a while, there’s probably a lot of data associated with it. This may include anything from Bing and Cortana searches to Microsoft Edge browsing and services activity. To see what’s there, go to the Turning off data collection What’s the best way to limit the data a company can gather on you? Use privacy settings to limit their reach. Personalized advertising: Microsoft uses your searches and purchase history to serve you with personalized ads. You can turn this off in the privacy dashboard. ◾ Select Privacy > Privacy dashboard. Next, scroll down to Personalized ad settings and click on Review ad settings. Toggle the slider next to See ads that interest you to the left to disable it. Accessing diagnostics from other apps: Unless you turn it off, Microsoft colle...