How To Clear & Turn Off Google Web History

It's true, Google stores every search, including searches on Google services like YouTube and Maps. Which can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more.

If you want to keep Google from combining your Web History with the data they have gathered about you in their other products, such as YouTube or Google Plus, you may want to remove all items from your Web History and stop your Web History from being recorded in the future.

Not only just ad companies getting access to your information but also Google regularly shares your information with the government, too. If you don't want Google to track your searches, there are steps you can take to secure your information. I'll show you how to delete your search history and stop Google from recording your every move.

1. To clear your search history, start by going to Google Web history. You'll need to sign in with a Google account.
2. Google Web history shows you every search you've ever done, organized by date. You have the option to delete individual searches, or clear your entire search history.
3. To delete specific searches, tick the checkbox next to the search you want to remove. Then click the "Remove items" button at the top of the page.
4. To delete your entire Google search history, tick the checkbox next to the Remove Items button. This will select every item in the history. Then click the Remove Items button.
5. Or you can click the 'gear icon' at the top right of the page and select Settings. In the text, click the "Delete all" link. Then click on the "Delete all" button to confirm.
6. On the same page, where it says "Web history is on" click the Turn Off button to turn off the web history.

Note: If you have several Google accounts, you will need to do this for each of them.

However, Google store new cookies - and collect new information - when you start searching again. If you want to stop targeted ads altogether, visit the Google Ads Settings page and select the opt-out setting.

Note that disabling Web History in your Google account will not prevent Google from gathering and storing this information and using it for internal purposes. It also does not change the fact that any information gathered and stored by Google could be sought by law enforcement.