Delete your activity

When you use Google sites, apps, and services, some of your activity is saved in your Google Account. You can find and delete your activity in the "My Activity" section of your account. You can also stop Google from saving most of your activity at any time.

Delete all activity

  1. On your computer, go to myactivity.google.com.
  2. At the top, click Delete .
  3. Click All time. and then Next and then Delete.

Delete one activity

For example, this could be a search you did on Google or a website you visited on Chrome. To delete an activity:

  1. On your computer, go to myactivity.google.com.
  2. Scroll down to the activity you want to delete.
    • To help find it, you can:
      • Browse by day.
      • Search or use filters.
  3. On the item you want to delete, click Delete .

Delete activity by date or product

  1. On your computer, go to myactivity.google.com.
  2. Scroll down to an activity.
    • To help find an activity, you can filter by date and product at the same time.
      • To filter by date:
        1. Click Calendar event.
        2. Select a date to find activity before that date.
        3. From the drop down, select a preset period or enter your own start and end dates.
      • To filter by product:
        1. Click Search Search.
        2. Select products you want to include.
          • Some Google products don't save activity in My Activity.
  3. Delete activity.
    • To delete all your filtered activities: Next to the search bar, click Delete and then Delete Results.
    • To delete certain items: On the item you want to delete, click Delete .

Delete your activity automatically

You can automatically delete some of the activity in your Google Account.

  1. On your computer, go to your Google Account.
  2. On the left, click Data & privacy.
  3. Under "History settings," click the activity or history setting you want to auto-delete.
  4. Click Auto-delete.
  5. Click the button for how long you want to keep your activity.
  6. To save your choice, click Next and then Confirm.

Tip: Some activities may disappear faster than the time frame you choose. For example, location info about where your device is and your IP address are deleted from your Web & App Activity after 30 days.

Delete activity in other places

Sometimes, your activity is saved in places other than My Activity.

Example: If you've turned on Timeline, the activity data is saved to your Maps Timeline. You can delete most of your activity that's saved in those places.

Delete other activity saved to your account
  1. On your computer, go to myactivity.google.com.
  2. Above your activity, in the search bar, click More More and then Other activity.
  3. From here you can:
    • Delete certain activity: Below the activity, click Manage Activity and then Details and then Delete.
    • Find where to delete activity: Below the activity, click Details.
Delete browser activity
Your activity might be saved in your browser, even if you delete it from My Activity.

Turn off & delete activity

You can control most of the information and data in My Activity.

  1. Go to your Google Account.
  2. At the top, select Data & privacy.
  3. Under "History settings," select an activity or history setting you don't want to save.
  4. Under the setting you don’t want to save, select Turn off.
  5. Turn off the setting, or choose to Turn off or Turn off and delete activity.
    • If you choose “Turn off and delete activity,” select and confirm what activity you want to delete.

Tip: Some activity is not included in My Activity.

Stop saving activity temporarily

You can browse in Incognito mode.

Tip: If you sign in to your Google Account in a private browser window, your search activity may be stored in that account.

Fix problems

Deleted activity shows in My Activity:

  • Make sure the device is connected to the internet.If you delete items from My Activity on one device, they might still appear on any devices that are offline. When the device connects to the internet, the items will be removed.
  • Clear your cache and cookies.

Learn what happens when your Google activity is deleted

When you choose to manually or automatically delete activity, it starts the removal of your activity from the product and system.

First, we aim to remove it from view and the data may no longer be used to personalize your Google experience.

We then begin a process designed to safely and completely delete the data from our storage systems.

Along with helping you delete data manually or automatically, Google may delete some types of activity sooner when it’s no longer useful to improve your experience. 

For limited purposes, like business or legal requirements, Google may retain certain types of data for an extended period of time.

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