Google my activity history

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You can find key information, privacy, and security settings all in your Google Account. We have created easy-to-use tools like Dashboard and My Activity, which give you transparency over data collected from your activity across Google services. There are also powerful privacy controls like Activity Controls and My Ad Center, which allow you to switch the collection and use of data on or off to decide how all of Google can work better for you. Quickly access your key privacy settings Activity Controls Control what data gets saved Using Activity Controls, you can decide what types of activity are tied to your account to personalize your experience across Google services. You can pause specific types of data from being saved in your account – like your Search and browsing activity, YouTube History, or Location History. Auto-Delete Set your data to automatically delete To give you even more control, Auto-delete settings let you choose a time limit for how long you want to keep your activity data. Data older than the limit you choose will be continuously and automatically deleted from your account. This makes it easy for you to set it and forget it, but you can always go back and update these settings at any time. My Activity Delete data from your account anytime My Activity is the central place where you can find everything you’ve searched, viewed, and watched using our services. To make it easier to recall your past online activity, we give you tools to search by topic, date...

Fortunately, there are multiple ways to recover your deleted history. This article shows you how to do it on your desktop, iPhone, and Android device. We’ve compiled a list of step-by-step methods to help you recover your Chrome browsing history. Not all of them may work for you, so you should try each one. Hopefully, one of these methods will get the job done. How to Recover Google Chrome Deleted History on Windows 10/11 Use a Browser to Check Your Google Activity for Deleted History If you’re using Google Chrome, you’re most likely logged into your Google account at all times. When using another browser like Firefox or Safari, you may need to log in. If you check your browsing activity within your Google account, you will find the websites you’ve visited in the past. • Open any browser and go to your • Click on Data & Privacy in the vertical sidebar. • In the Things you’ve done and places you’ve been tab, click Web & App Activity. • Now, click on Manage all Web & App Activity. The results are similar to your browsing history. You can also see what keywords you’ve used to search for in the past. Note: If the setting Include Chrome history and activity from sites, apps, and devices that use Google services on the Use Windows’ Restore Previous Versions’ Option to Recover History If you can’t access your browsing history by checking your Google account activity, you can restore your browsing activity within Windows Explorer. • Open Windows Explorer and go to Local Disk (C:) ...

Kicked off by I/O 2021, Google has been making a big privacy and security push this week. The Google My Activity page is now adding extra password verification before it shows all your account usage and interactions. Currently, visiting My Activity If you turn on extra verification Google will make sure it’s really you before you can see or delete your full history on My Activity. This can help keep your history safer on shared devices. This setting only applies to My Activity. Your history may still appear in other Google products. After selecting a My Activity option, you’ll be prompted to enter your Google Account password to set it. Once done, the top half of the page loads like normal, but the actual “full history” list below is locked until you “verify it’s you.” This takes you to the standard sign-in page and is a good extra measure. For example, if you use a shared computer and forget to log out from your browsing sessions. This follows Google at I/O emphasizing its security and privacy practices on Tuesday and a push in More about My Activity: • • • •